Colombian Culture – ACA Explorers

5 Ways to Talk like a Paisa

Molly Kovats / January 16, 2018

Colombians who live in Antioquia are called Paisas. Paisas have their own specific way of speaking including slang typical to […]

Colombia: the happiest country in the world! And when you’re feliz, you just gotta move those feet! Colombia is

Molly Kovats / December 15, 2017

LA AREPA- there is nothing more Colombian than an arepa… In Antioquia the locals (Paisas) have a phrase “Soy mas

Molly Kovats / December 13, 2017

This week is the “Olympics of Antioquia” and it takes place here in Andes!!! It was super cool to see

Molly Kovats / December 11, 2017

So part of being a foreigner in a country (especially one with a different language), is sounding dumb and messing

Molly Kovats / December 8, 2017

Yesterday we celebrated the Eve of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (AKA Dia de Velitas… day of the candles)

Molly Kovats / December 5, 2017

The thing to do for kids, adolescents and adults alike in Antioquia is to go to the river. They use

Recently, a discount ‘D1’ supermarket opened in Jardin, Antioquia. It is controversial, to say the least. Think of a discount

Molly Kovats / December 4, 2017

In Spanish class you learn that “now” in Spanish is “ahora”. My experience in Spanish speaking countries is that it’s

Molly Kovats / December 1, 2017

They hang up water bottles tied up with string outside of their houses which is supposed to make dogs not