McDonald's (Colina)

McDonald's is the biggest network of fast food around the world. In Colombia it have many restaurants around the country, such as: Bogota, Medellin, Cucuta, Barranquilla, Cali, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Pereira, Bucaramanga; it arrived in 1995 and its first restaurant was located in the Andino Mall.

The Colina's McDonald's is located over the 138 street. Is a comfortable and open space as it have Parking-lot, children's park, cafe and outside chairs. It is in a good neighboor as around it there are many houses and building, a mall, a church and a school. Sometime it is full of people and the better option is to use the automac, a way to order your food without leaving your car, or to order your food by phone to them to take it to your house in some minutes later.

They sell different hamburgers, each one with different ingredients, for the different tastes of the people, and for those ones who don't like hamburger they also sell nuggets of chicken. You can buy the food by combos or separately, if you prefer just the coke or just the chips. McDonald's have an unique menu for kids named the happy box, which is important for children because it make them fell important and special; it contains a hamburger or nuggets, chips, coke, pieces of apple and the most impotant the toy that change every month depending on what is the mode.

In the second flor there is a room where parents can celebrate the birth-day to their kids, where children can play in a kind of park and do certain  activities and hand out the cake. It is a good place to celebrate children's birth-days as they enjoy it and all of them like McDonalds, also it is well located, cheap, and easy to book. The restaurant offers you everything you need for the party such as cake, invitations, decoration, surprises, activities, food, etc.

In general this is a restaurant where people feel comfortable and enjoy the food. Everyone feels happy here, because for McDonalds every kind of person is important and what to make everyone feel special. Its variety of food make everyone eat, at least once, here. And as the motto said I'm loving it. 
 

Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santodomingo

It has a capacity for 1,300 spectators and was built in order to present all kinds of opera and musical concerts, ballet, contemporary dance and theater.

It has three levels (Platea, Balcony Balcony 1 and 2) and a space designed for all viewers take from any location an excellent view and sound reception.

The Teatro Mayor was built thinking not only the convenience of the public, but also the artists. That's why it has five dressing rooms and locker rooms, and a special room so that artists have an appropriate space for them.

I really recommend this place because it is an interesting place.This theater is a very special place to hang out with friends or family, you can have a really nice time in here, and also there is always something programmed for each week. If you want to know more about the Theater's schedule here it is:

http://www.teatromayor.com/?pagina=programacion

By: Camila Vega

Estación de la Sabana Museum

Have you ever gone to a train station that is also a museum? The estacion de la sabana is a great opportunity to see a train station that was also used formerly and nowadays is also used as a museum. It is located in la Calle 13 # 18-24 at downtown Bogotá. It is a good experience specially if you love antique cars.

As i have said before the museum la estación de la sabana is a train station, that is still working althought is no longer as crowded as it was before , and also is not in the same condition as before, People take the train from there to Zipaquira , Cajicá and Nemocón. It is a wonderful opportunity to meet better a train station and also to travel to the Catedral de sal and to the mine of Nemocón. At the inside of the museum is great because you'll find police cars that were used before and they're gorgeous , you could find cars from 1914 to 1962 and more.
Finally going to the Estación de la Sabana is the chance to make something different and to understand the differences of the transportation from before and now, and also you could enjoy an incredible time with your family travelling in train, also if you are really interested on watching cars it would be fascinating for you to see them. So you'd better go and have a nice time.



This was a kitchen.   Juanita Ahumada 8B

As you can see know the conditions are really really different.

 The rails of the trains.

 

Pictures were taken by: Mateo Ahumada.
Want to know more about the train station?:
http://www.turistren.com.co/





By: Juanita Ahumada

Titan Mall

The Titan Plaza is one of the most modern shopping centers in the city, whatever with a modern design with natural elements. Its great attraction are the famous brand stores worldwide that are only in this mall or in fewof them such as: Gap, Forever 21, LaSenza, Victoria's Secret, The North Face, Quicksilver, Bershka, Americanino.

It is located in Bogota, linked to the Transmilenio station, and over the Avenida Boyacá. A good location as it is surounded by neighborhoods and in the middle of some important avenues so many of the people have an easy access to the mall. 

This mall is very similar to the USA malls, in the way the stores are placed and the architecture of it. It has 4 floors and each one of them have something special. In the last floor there are restaurant, the cine, playland and a terrace where people can talk or have a good moment with someone. In one part there is a water control where kids can play controling the water and trying to make a secuence with it.

Is the only mall in colombia that on its cinema include The MEGA CINECO SALA that has a screen bigger than the normal ones, with a better sound and projection of 3D movies. Is one of the fewest malls that have playland, a place for playing in some machines for all the ages and kinds of likes.

This mall is the newest one and is the one that provides more diversity of food, clothes, banks,  toys, etc. You can have a great time here, for shopping or just to take a ride, talk and met with people.

By: Laura Zambrano

Neighborhood Niza

the other neighborhood i want to show is Niza, wich has been founded nearly 1962, this neighborhood is being known for their houses, apparments and for its mall, " Niza", the name as his Neighborhood, The neighborhood was without any buildings more than 50 years ago.

 

 

 

The neighborhood of Niza is an open space of houses that made chanes of individual houses and buildings where you can find appartments basicly small but very confortable, this picture shows an example of a house, one of the largest ones were your garage can hold not 1 car but 2, is very useful, but you have to be careful because it is a closed area.







this is the mall of Niza, I think is Known for it's service, it's panamericana's shop, and their banks, here on weekends mostly you can find an small shop in front of the panamericana's shop were you can buy beautiful things that are not expensive so that's why I recommend the Niza's mall, always you will find here agood parking lot service.

This is another reason why I recommend this Neighborhood, this are some of the areas that are without construction so is a beautiful experience to come here and see how the vast territory had evolve, for closing I believe Niza is a great Neighborhood and If you need to relax it is a good place because I have had that experience before and it functions.

 

 

 

 A video explaining the mall

 

 

By: Nicolas Vivas