May 18, 2013
Operation Go Get Babiest Fellerman is Underway! 8:00 a.m. Grandma Fellerman arrives at our home in Coon Rapids, MN and picks us up to head to the Minni Airport. Bags packed, all 3 large checked bags (2 of which are over 50lbs, 3 carry-ons, 2 back-packs (packed plum full) and one purse and a stroller. Yes, we packed to the max! 2 months overseas, what do you expect?!!?? We arrive at the airport, unload at curbside check-in, and..........Grandma's car gets bonked by some non-helpful, very ignorant (to put it nicely) man. He says, 'hurry hurry let's go to the ladies he is with without a mention of 'is all ok, I am so sorry, what can I do.....' Not a thing. Instead, when comfronted by Chris, he says, 'Oh that is about 20 cents of damage, I will give you a dollar.' ARGH! And I digress. All is fine. We head into the airport, hop on our plane and wallah, we are off for our great adventure! We make it to NYC just fine and Z is a champ on the plane! We think we have a 2.5 hour layover.......nope, 5 minutes! We get to the new gate and 5 minutes later, we are boarded and off we go to Bogota! All in all, good flights! Z is a champ, she looks out over the clouds and is in awe. She is amazed by the squares of land on the ground and feels quite at home watching hours of Disney. Yep, we didn't control the t.v. consumption at all. Bad parents. :) j/k. We make it to Bogota and there is Henry, as promised, waiting for us at the airport with his sign stating, 'THE FELLERMANS.' No problems, bags are all there, super nice airport. Ahhhh, I have forgotten 2 very important pieces. When we pull up to the Bogota Airport, our Delta gate is occupied so they have to park the plane and bring out the temporary stairs. The bus comes to get us, we hop on, it is packed and ........ a gentleman gets up to offer Z and I his seat. SO nice! We say we are good. Another 2 gentleman then scoooch over and create a small opening for Zahria to sit down, she, surprisingly takes a seat. :) 10:00 at night and this girl, wakes from a slumber on the plane, and is a total CHAMP! So nice that chivalry is not dead, at least not here! We get to customs and once again, the gentleman opens a walk-way for us because we are with child. We scoot right to the front of the line. Man is this nice! Through customs, no problem, into our van with Henry and on to El Refugio we go. Not a problem at all! At El Refugio, our hotel / hostel, we are greeted by one of the keepers and Erin, the mom of another adopting American Family from Missouri. We are immediately welcomed and shown to our room on the main floor where we will stay for 2 nights until a larger room on the 2nd floor opens for us. We talk a bit, get semi-tucked in, put Z to bed and we zonk out. We are safe! We are in Bogota and only 20 minutes from our littlest. How crazy is this life!
May 18, 2013
Operation Go Get Babiest Fellerman is Underway! 8:00 a.m. Grandma Fellerman arrives at our home in Coon Rapids, MN and picks us up to head to the Minni Airport. Bags packed, all 3 large checked bags (2 of which are over 50lbs, 3 carry-ons, 2 back-packs (packed plum full) and one purse and a stroller. Yes, we packed to the max! 2 months overseas, what do you expect?!!?? We arrive at the airport, unload at curbside check-in, and..........Grandma's car gets bonked by some non-helpful, very ignorant (to put it nicely) man. He says, 'hurry hurry let's go to the ladies he is with without a mention of 'is all ok, I am so sorry, what can I do.....' Not a thing. Instead, when comfronted by Chris, he says, 'Oh that is about 20 cents of damage, I will give you a dollar.' ARGH! And I digress. All is fine. We head into the airport, hop on our plane and wallah, we are off for our great adventure! We make it to NYC just fine and Z is a champ on the plane! We think we have a 2.5 hour layover.......nope, 5 minutes! We get to the new gate and 5 minutes later, we are boarded and off we go to Bogota! All in all, good flights! Z is a champ, she looks out over the clouds and is in awe. She is amazed by the squares of land on the ground and feels quite at home watching hours of Disney. Yep, we didn't control the t.v. consumption at all. Bad parents. :) j/k. We make it to Bogota and there is Henry, as promised, waiting for us at the airport with his sign stating, 'THE FELLERMANS.' No problems, bags are all there, super nice airport. Ahhhh, I have forgotten 2 very important pieces. When we pull up to the Bogota Airport, our Delta gate is occupied so they have to park the plane and bring out the temporary stairs. The bus comes to get us, we hop on, it is packed and ........ a gentleman gets up to offer Z and I his seat. SO nice! We say we are good. Another 2 gentleman then scoooch over and create a small opening for Zahria to sit down, she, surprisingly takes a seat. :) 10:00 at night and this girl, wakes from a slumber on the plane, and is a total CHAMP! So nice that chivalry is not dead, at least not here! We get to customs and once again, the gentleman opens a walk-way for us because we are with child. We scoot right to the front of the line. Man is this nice! Through customs, no problem, into our van with Henry and on to El Refugio we go. Not a problem at all! At El Refugio, our hotel / hostel, we are greeted by one of the keepers and Erin, the mom of another adopting American Family from Missouri. We are immediately welcomed and shown to our room on the main floor where we will stay for 2 nights until a larger room on the 2nd floor opens for us. We talk a bit, get semi-tucked in, put Z to bed and we zonk out. We are safe! We are in Bogota and only 20 minutes from our littlest. How crazy is this life!
