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Creamy ice-cream

So we went back to town to search for that ice cream shop we've heard good rumors about and indeed it proved to be the best one of all we've tried in this city so far. A Venezuelan owner, schooled in the art of ice cream in Italy, has established this gelateria in the heart of the historic center of Cartagena. The ice cream is made with cream and only natural ingredients (the pistachio and the dark chocolate were absolutely delicious and very rich in taste) and the sorbets are done with fresh fruit and no artificial flavors added. Very nice... go there if you ever find yourself in Cartagena. The coffee was great too says Alex. 

Gelateria Paradiso lays between Calle de la Estrella and Calle el Cuartel.

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Summer in Cartagena

Best days around here are the cloudy ones. It's currently full summertime in South America, which extends from December to March more or less, and it really is incredibly hot. I hear the temperature doesn't change much be it summer or winter, but in the winter it does rain a bit more at least. We've been in Colombia now for almost two months, and it's rained once for like five minutes. 

As it's tremendously important to keep yourself hydrated in this heat (35C/95F) and very high humidity (60-90%), we try to squeeze in as many juice and ice-cream pauses as we can. There's a plethora of fresh and healthy juice bars in town, will show you a few of them later, but so far we've found no ice-cream shop that has stolen our hearts. We had the problem of finding them in the West-Indies too, remember? There are a lot more Ice-cream shops here in Cartagena/Colombia, but still, they all seem to be so and so. 

It's not always a blessing coming from the Mediterranean, because inevitably, you'll always compare with the best there is on the planet on so many different areas. There's still one place to visit though which we've heard some good things about. Would it be possible that we'll finally find the first real ice-cream bar that produces from real cream and milk (or egg!) and natural ingredients rather than yoghurt, water, vegetable oils, skim milk powder or artificial flavors? Will keep you posted on this very important subject...

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Ice cream dreams in St George's

The capital of Grenada is a bustling town, feels very active and alive with a great mixture of people and many different businesses covering the streets. We had a nice Caribbean meal on one of the road restaurants and enjoyed good exercise walking up and down these steep hills in the center of the city. Only thing missing which appears to be a rarity in the Caribbean in general, is an ice cream shop. Have I missed them completely or aren't they prioritized by the people of the West Indies? Dreaming of a freshly made ice cream cone or a fruity sorbet ... how suitable and logical that would've been to devour in this tropical heat.

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