“El Cerro de Monserrate” [Monserrate Hill] is a famous Hill in the center of Bogota, Colombia, which is a destination for pilgrimages and home to many tourist attractions, including a church, funicular and aerial cableway. Our host, Edwin Galve, who works bringing people to Monserrate’s several restaurants, tells us about these and more!

Maria provides some very straightforward information in order to complete the enrollment for her friend, Christopher's intensive Spanish course at El Aula Azul.

Ariana explains to us about the variety of sports and leisure activities in which she participates during a typical week.

Rosa teaches Amaya, a new volunteer at the Donkey Shelter, how to manage the charity shop where tourists buy souvenirs during their visits.

Ana Carolina gives us seven useful tips for improving our pronunciation in Spanish.

In addition to the intensive summer Spanish courses offered at El Aula Azul (The Blue Classroom) language school, students also have access to a variety of supplemental activities including music and horseback riding classes.

In this episode, Ana Carolina shows us how to set the table so that our guests can enjoy any meal!

Rosa teaches us how to recycle by choosing the correct container for each type of waste.

In the final stages of Yaki the English Bulldog's operations, his entropion and keratoconjunctivitis sicca, or lack of tear production, are corrected.

In order to help to protect our environment, Rosa Chaparro gives us some useful advice regarding "the three r's": reduce, reuse and recycle.

The veterinarians for Yaki, an eight-year-old English Bulldog, have a lot of work ahead of them: to correct his entropion, to try fix his lack of tear production and to surgically remove the tumor in his anal glands. Animales en familia gives us a behind-the-scenes look at these processes.

Rosa tells us an interesting legend and historical facts about Fuente de Piedra, a fascinating town in the province of Malaga, Spain.

Graciela teaches us how to make "carimañolas," which are delicious Colombian yucca fritters.

A member of the Quechua people from Peru shares with us a bit about the traditional use of the plant San Pedro, or "huachuma," which is thought to have medicinal and spiritual qualities that could help one get in touch with the cosmos, and oneself.

In the conclusion to this series about Colombian painter Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori, he shares with us how he has evolved with age and how such has affected his work.