Celebrity Travel: Go away with Andrés Cepeda

Jae-Ha Kim, Tribune Content Agency on Dec 12, 2023

A: There's a place near Bogota where I can [go sailing]. And if I have to travel, I will do it as long as I can be in touch with nature, the sea, water and the wind.

Q: What are some of your favorite cities?

A: New York City, Paris, Rome, Bogota, Buenos Aires and Mexico City.

Q: Where would you like to go that you have never been to before?

A: I would like to go to India. I’ve never been there and I think it would be an excellent culture – cities to experience and food.

Q: When you go away, what are some of your must-have items?

A: I will always need some music to carry along, a couple of books, a guitar if possible and a notebook, because you don't know where or when inspiration will hit you.

Q: What is your guilty pleasure when you're on the road?

A: I think I have to say road food. You know, when you're on the road and you're driving, and you pull over in some small nice place, and you try the food. I think that's something I can enjoy too. That would be my guilty pleasure on the road.

Q: What kind of research do you do prior to a trip?

A: I usually research mostly restaurants. I enjoy nice hotels so I try to research and book nice hotels and restaurants. I also do some tourism and again I explore places to rent and sail boats.

Q: What is your best and/or worst vacation memory?

A: Well, one of my best vacation memories would probably be my honeymoon, which was about six years ago. We went to Europe. We went to Los Cabos, too. There was a lot of sailing, nice fine dining and, of course, the fun of being just married. And my worst vacation was in Cuba. It didn't work out well. I was expecting to find a lot of culture and a lot of music. I guess I just wasn't lucky. It was not a good time to be there. And I cut my vacation short because I wasn't enjoying it.

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