Over the many weeks I have been here, you have heard me talk about going to the market/fair on Sundays. I had posted some pictures of the fair before, and the hotel where they hold the fair, but I thought you might like to see what our "walk" is like. I mentioned in a previous post that they close some of the streets on Sundays (to cars) and allow the space to be used for walkers, joggers, rollerbladers, and even kids learning to ride bikes. So, today, we did our usual walk to the market/fair and I took some pictures of the road for you to see. If you look at the pictures, you can see that one side of the road is closed, and that is where everyone is walking, etc. (And if you look close enough, you might even see Nana and another Mom walking with the babies in their strollers.) On the other side of the road, you can see all the cars driving. It's actually pretty neat. It would be great to see them do this in U.S. so we would enjoy the same thing. I don't see it happening, but hey, it's an idea.
I also took a couple pictures of a Church that we pass every week. Several families from our hotel have gone to this Church for mass, and then they meet us at the market/fair afterwards. It's on the way, so it's very easy for the families to do. You can also see that they have some artwork displayed outside. This artist is there every week, and he makes out pretty good with everyone walking by on the closed street on Sundays. Then, the last thing I took a picture of was some dancing Santa Claus'. One of the shopping centers had it out on display on the street, and they defintely got some attention from all the little kids going by.
Other than our trip to the fair today, we didn't do very much. We have started some packing, and are definitely getting excited to head home. Tomorrow, I am taking Isabella with me to the U.S. Embassy to apply for her Visa. (We will then pick it up on Tuesday.) Nana is going to stay at the hotel tomorrow while we do that. We should only be gone in the morning and then we will come back and hopefully head out to a nice coffee shop we heard about. We are going to go with another Mom who got here on Saturday (from another region in Colombia) who is adopting the cutest 16-month-old little boy. They are here to do their Visa paperwork and are also hoping to head home (to Chicago) this week too.
Well, I better get to bed. Our driver is coming to get us very early tomorrow. Hope all of you had a nice weekend!
Love you all.
Buenas Noches from Colombia
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