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Holy Man, where to start. Such good intentions on blogging each day but then naptime and bedtime get in the way. Not complaining or anything, but I spend a good 4-5 hours each day laying in bed with either Zahria or Julieth just snuggling them to bed. Hopefully we can cut that time down as the months progress. ;0)
Yesterday we had Henry, and his driver, take us outside of town to ride the tram up to the top of the Mountain, Monseratte. Talk about AMAZING! The trip up was freaky to say the least, I wish we could have grasped the shear magnitude of the grade at which we went up the mountain. Who on earth made that railway up the mountain? Seriously, how they did it is beyond us! And then to think that not only did they make a railway up that mountain, but they also created a gondola ride, ran electric and created a little village at the top too, complete with a magnificent Catholic church.
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When we unloaded at what was near the top of the mountain, we hiked up a stone path that was lined with just AMAZING statues of the 15 stations of the cross. Just amazing! Zahria, of course, in all of her Catholic School glory, told us what each station was before even reaching the next station. :) Station VI was our fave, it was 'Veronica wipes the face of Jesus,' and you could see Jesus' imprint on the stone rag of the statue. Absolutely awesome!
The views of the city of Bogota were amazing from here. It is a HUGE city! At the very top, just after the church, there was a stone path that led to a couple additional structures and then on to a outdoor market and local food vendors. We picked Z up a small wallet for her Colombian $$ and a little wooden guitar. Trinkets, but fun to get. And then we headed to the food area. Oh my, the local foods were both yummy and seriously disgusting looking. We played it safe and got a grilled ear of corn, sausage, boiled potatoes and then, Julieth's fave, a Tamale! Yep, she LOVED it! She kept going to Daddy for more! There are lots of stray dogs here too, in the less metro populated parts. We stay away from them, but Julieth is very intrigued by them and wants to love on them. Good sign for Duke back home! She calls them 'El Babe's. Everything is a Bebe from a true baby to a dog, horse, mule, etc. It is so cute!
Holy Man, where to start. Such good intentions on blogging each day but then naptime and bedtime get in the way. Not complaining or anything, but I spend a good 4-5 hours each day laying in bed with either Zahria or Julieth just snuggling them to bed. Hopefully we can cut that time down as the months progress. ;0)
Yesterday we had Henry, and his driver, take us outside of town to ride the tram up to the top of the Mountain, Monseratte. Talk about AMAZING! The trip up was freaky to say the least, I wish we could have grasped the shear magnitude of the grade at which we went up the mountain. Who on earth made that railway up the mountain? Seriously, how they did it is beyond us! And then to think that not only did they make a railway up that mountain, but they also created a gondola ride, ran electric and created a little village at the top too, complete with a magnificent Catholic church.
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When we unloaded at what was near the top of the mountain, we hiked up a stone path that was lined with just AMAZING statues of the 15 stations of the cross. Just amazing! Zahria, of course, in all of her Catholic School glory, told us what each station was before even reaching the next station. :) Station VI was our fave, it was 'Veronica wipes the face of Jesus,' and you could see Jesus' imprint on the stone rag of the statue. Absolutely awesome! 
The views of the city of Bogota were amazing from here. It is a HUGE city! At the very top, just after the church, there was a stone path that led to a couple additional structures and then on to a outdoor market and local food vendors. We picked Z up a small wallet for her Colombian $$ and a little wooden guitar. Trinkets, but fun to get. And then we headed to the food area. Oh my, the local foods were both yummy and seriously disgusting looking. We played it safe and got a grilled ear of corn, sausage, boiled potatoes and then, Julieth's fave, a Tamale! Yep, she LOVED it! She kept going to Daddy for more! There are lots of stray dogs here too, in the less metro populated parts. We stay away from them, but Julieth is very intrigued by them and wants to love on them. Good sign for Duke back home! She calls them 'El Babe's. Everything is a Bebe from a true baby to a dog, horse, mule, etc. It is so cute!
1 comment:
Lovely to read your updates from Columbia! We are having a great time here in Kazakhstan too, just finished our 1 month long official bonding period today! Woohoo!
I wanted to ask you what brand is that black carrier you are using to carry Julieth in? SHe's 3, so it can be used for a child till they are bigger, correct? AV is about 19mnths old in 4 days and was 20 pounds when we came here last month.
We have a Beco Gemini but I thought Id ask you which one you are using, as it looks like she is quite comfy in it.
Best wishes!
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