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EPISODE · Jul 11, 2019 · 23 MIN

EP30 The Festivo Republic of Colombia

from The Colombia Cast · host Semana Podcast

Colombia comes with a reputation, as many locals like to tell us themselves, for being a country laden with public holidays.Fair enough, with 18 it is one of the global 'leaders' in this regard. However, as our guest for this episode, our, um, 'festivo expert' Luis Silva tells us, giving this high holiday number as a reason for a perceived laidbackness when it comes to work is wide of the mark. That being said, Luis has a fondness for midweek holidays as it usually means a more relaxed working week is in store!What's more, as we'll discover, if you had the time and money you could travel to a different town each week of the year and find a local festival in full swing. Now there's a podcast theme!********Como muchos nativos dicen, Colombia tiene la reputación de tener muchos festivos. No es raro, pues con 18 es uno de los "líderes" globales del asunto.Sin embargo, como nos dice nuestro invitado en este episodio — nuestro, um, "experto en festivos" — Luis Silva, pensar que este gran número de festivos es la razón de la percepción de una actitud un poco relajada no es muy preciso.Dicho eso, Luis tiene un cierto cariño por los festivos a mitad de semana, porque ¡hacen que la semana laboral sea un poco más relajada!Y aún más, como descubriremos, si uno tuviera el tiempo y el dinero, podría viajar a un pueblo diferente cada semana del año y encontraría un festival local en plena marcha. ¡Ahí hay un buen tema para un podcast!

Colombia comes with a reputation, as many locals like to tell us themselves, for being a country laden with public holidays.Fair enough, with 18 it is one of the global 'leaders' in this regard. However, as our guest for this episode, our, um, 'festivo expert' Luis Silva tells us, giving this high holiday number as a reason for a perceived laidbackness when it comes to work is wide of the mark. That being said, Luis has a fondness for midweek holidays as it usually means a more relaxed working week is in store!What's more, as we'll discover, if you had the time and money you could travel to a different town each week of the year and find a local festival in full swing. Now there's a podcast theme!********Como muchos nativos dicen, Colombia tiene la reputación de tener muchos festivos. No es raro, pues con 18 es uno de los "líderes" globales del asunto.Sin embargo, como nos dice nuestro invitado en este episodio — nuestro, um, "experto en festivos" — Luis Silva, pensar que este gran número de festivos es la razón de la percepción de una actitud un poco relajada no es muy preciso.Dicho eso, Luis tiene un cierto cariño por los festivos a mitad de semana, porque ¡hacen que la semana laboral sea un poco más relajada!Y aún más, como descubriremos, si uno tuviera el tiempo y el dinero, podría viajar a un pueblo diferente cada semana del año y encontraría un festival local en plena marcha. ¡Ahí hay un buen tema para un podcast!

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