Luis Angel Arango

In the process of doing this articles, I have discovered that Bogota is an amazing city. It is full of places to visit and events to go to. I was planning on visiting the private library of the Javeriana University. Because my older sister studies there, and she could take me. Unfortunately, this library is only available for students, so I had to use my backup plan. I decided to visit Luis Angel Arango library. It is in the “Candelaria”. I visited with my father, and my brother. As always, we were avoiding the traffic, (that by these days has increased) so we took Transmilenio, until the closest station, then we took a taxi, until we arrived to the library. My father told us to walk, but it was raining as usual, so we took the taxi. My first impression was really good. I discovered that the library was huge, and that there were many people entering.

This neighborhood was really nice, it had an old but still awesome style. The first thing I saw the church of “La Candelaria”. It was really nice. In front of the library, there was a museum; I think it was the museum of the Colombian artist Botero. Other thing I noticed was that there were these huge stairs, for people to relax, and talk. It was actually a great place for students, or people to sit and appreciate the view. When I entered to this library, I confirm all of my thoughts, it was really huge, I have to admit Julio Mario Santodomingo was bigger, but instead it was really big. The library was so organized, sometimes you got the impression that things are not organize, but this library was shinny. I started walking in the library, and visiting the rooms. There was a room for all the things that you can imagine. I was wondering, why this library didn’t had the mark of “BibloRed” I had seeing that mark in all of the libraries I have visited. My father asked to a guide man, and he explained us, that the library did not own to “BibloRed”, but the Republic Bank. I visited all the rooms, and found out that there were books; I haven’t seeing for a long time. It was a good experience. When we went out of the library, it was time to have lunch, so we went to the nearest restaurant and had lunch.

I have to admit that this was a nice experience, now I feel like I do know my city. I feel like I am bringing this huge amount of information into my head. I do not love visiting places far from my home, but sometimes it is worth trying. The most awesome thing for me was the fact that it is a great place for students, and business people to go. It is a very welcoming place; I hope I will get to visit this library again.