I don’t seem to know the date or day of the week here, but I do know how many days I’ve been here! We went shopping with Vilma for a little bit this morning. She took me to a fabric store here. I was curious what their fabric stores were like. Of course when I …
Today was as close as I could get to pretending I was In Texas. Late mornjng we headed for the nice mall here, the Fondadoras. Inside you would think you were in the US. We shopped around a while and then ate at the Tex Mex place in the food court. I can’t really say …
Today my friend Stephanie’s translator took us to Chipree for the afternoon. Stephanie asked her to check on us since she and my family were leaving. Chipree is where you can look down into the valley and up to e mountains. It’s gorgeous. We were there last night to see the city lights at night …
We decided to go to the Parque del Cafe today. It is an absolutely beautiful amazement park/ coffee and Colombia history tour. We were told it would take 1 1/2 – 2 hours to get there. It took 3 hrs of twisty turns roads. We were all a bit sick by the time we arrived. …
Many of the events of the day were nice. We toured the large cathedral here, walked through downtown which they had blocked off from cars because the bicycle tour of Colombia was coming through (too bad Scott wasn’t here for that) and enjoyed lunch with our friend and the boys. Actually I toured part of …
Today our hosts had us to thier home for lunch. They have a lovely home with an area on top that overview the mountains. I think I would make that my new office if I lived there! They have a 13 yr. old daughter and a son in college here in Manizales. We had a …
You can pay to use a cell phone from these guys who have them chained to a vest they are wearing. The modern day telephone booth Above are some pictures of cultural ways of doing things here. I love the diversity and interesting aspects of different cultures! Cliff Notes of our day Our integration …
Today was a much needed rest day. We unpacked, slept some and then went exploring. We wish we knew more Spanish!!! There is a mall close by and lots of restaurants. Sometimes we did ok with the language and other times we just stared blankly at people. We’ll get better. I even finished defensive driving! …
Thank you to everyone for a very warm send off! Your words, prayers, parting gifts, cards, etc. have made us feel very loved and taken care of. We are truly blessed to have so many wonderful friends and family who are supporting us through this venture. As for Manizales, I think we are going to …
I can’t believe it, but we actually have a meeting date! After beginning this process over a year ago and being told we would travel in about four months to pick up our daughter, changing agencies, and having multiple additional delays… we are finally going to Colombia to get Lanie, our new little girl!!!! We …
