Another feature of the hostel is a lovely large court yard garden, complete with hammocks, benches, fountain and friendly resident cat.  To get to our upstairs apartment, we had to exit the lower floor and walk through the garden to get to the outside staircase to the second floor. 

In previous travels we’ve booked lodging via Airbnb.  Apartments are our first choice as they give you a little room to spread out, but Airbnb also offers private rooms and shared rooms (!).  This stop is a little different in that the apartment we have is in a hostel.  The goodness is that breakfast is included and it’s easy to connect with fellow travelers and get the benefit of their experiences.  The building is “old” and the rooms are oriented around central courtyards which are common areas.

Our street in narrow, so traffic and pedestrian noice carries well up to our street-facing rooms. This is something we were warned about so we came prepared with ear plugs.  While litter is a big issue in some of Europe (Madrid!), the streets here are amazingly litter-free. 

There are bike tours of the city and I’d suspect one of those tours is in the above photo.  Bogota touts a network of 376 km of city bike lanes and on Sundays, 121km of streets are closed to vehicles from 7 a. m. till 2.  This is all find and dandy but even being comfortable riding in traffic, I don’t think I’d join in.

The door to the right of me is the hostel front door, and our rooms are the 2 doors/Windows directly above it, plus one more to the right.