Mostly from Monserrate

Here's another set of photos.

These ones from our 2nd outing in Colombia to Monserrate. This location is on the edge of Bogota  on a large hill that many consider a pilgrimage and one of their popular tourist spots. To reach the top of the hill, we took a tram, AKA funincular. There is a monastery and lots of ardent street vendors at the top. The vistas are simply lovely.

Some lovely flowers at our relatives' house.

These climbing ones covered the property walls. Bonus, I caught a bit of a Colombian spider web too.

"Milka" - one of our relative's dogs - practically begged me to take this picture.

Some of the traditional architecture of Bogota - white buildings with tiled roofs.

If you look close, you can see a bit of the USA symbolism.

Part of the scenery as we waited for the tram to the top of Monserrate.

An up close of the statue. My husband made rude comments about the flower near the nose.

The plaque commemorating the tram to Monserrate.

A little of the engineering that allows the tram to run.

The view as the tram starts to climb the hill.

Downtown Bogota from the tram.

Part of the monastery at Monserrate

One of the vistas from the top of the hill.

A blossom yet to be.

A tree full of those blossoms.

Another view from the hill

Painted ironworks on one of the monastery buildings

Part of Bogota behind the monastery

A Christ statue on a hill across from Monserrate

Church bell

Behind the alter in the monastery

A monastery angel

Church tabernacle

I loved stained glass, even if it's inside a glass enclosure.

Another scene with Jesus done in stained glass 

Flourishes on the monastery ceiling too.

A panorama of Bogota made from 47 individual pictures taken from Monserrate.