The ship docked at the Cartagena cruise port about 5 miles out of the town. Cartagena we have visited before. I did an extensive write up at the time - our 2015 visit to Cartagena. The Silversea version was of necessity more hurried, but was also a bit of a tourist rip off - Silversea were ripped off rather than the guests.
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While almost every street in Gethsemani features murals and paintings, Calle De La Sierpe is the place to start. A good portion of the street is covered in stunning street art.

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The sculptures of Eduardo Carmona are scattered throughout the city. The Boys had a great afternoon playing on these modern rusted iron sculptures. Carmona apparently donated them to the town, and they have become a shop window for his work
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This was the "private coffee tasting". Actually the idea of making coffee different ways (vacuum and filter) and using different cups was instructive. The flaw was that the coffee they used for the demonstration was inexorably bad ("Colombian coffee is the best in the world" and they claimed that theirs was the best Colombian coffee)
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