Category Archives: Daily Life

At first blush, Barranquilla is a city very much like Miami. There’s all the usual hustle and bustle of people working, kids playing, and errands being run. But for a foreigner, many of those normal-looking life activities have underpinnings that are downright mysterious. Here’s just a few of the surprises that awaited us:

• Milk comes in little itty-bitty bags that you open by cutting off the corner. There’s no way to close them back. There’s also no way to stand them up in the fridge and thus avoid spilling them except by buying this special little plastic rectangle of a container that says “milk” on the outside. I avoided buying one of these at first, opting instead for a small pitcher with a lid. I was wrong. Trust the locals; the milk thingie is better. Continue reading →