The last few days...
Tuesday night we went out for dinner to celebrate the granting of Mariana´s Sentencia. There is a restaurant across the road which boasts a horse (caballo) show. We went over but the shows are only on Saturday nights, so we just enjoyed a lovely dinner. Note on Colombian food: the serves are huge - like double what we might get at home, especially the meat servings. We were able to take enough home in a doggie bag for Will and I to have dinner the next night. Anyway, the girl who is the marketing manager there (Alexandra, who said she was 36 but looked 22 max!) was very helpful and as we were leaving showed us where the horses were doing some display and training work. The Colombian horses are called Pasafinos and they are unique in the way they move their legs - straight with very tiny movements, I´ve never seen anything like it. The horse we were watching was worth US$1,000,000 - WOW! They also had some very beautiful white Spanish horses. It was wonderful to see these beautiful animals.
On Wednesday morning I took Mariana to get her Passport then we returned and got all the documents from Maria Jose. We gave Vicky and Maria Jose "vouchers" from the hotel salon for manicures and pedicures. They are very inexpensive but we thought it would be a nice little special gift to say "thank you" for their wonderful help, support and friendship.
Then we got all the presents ready and went to La Casita for the final goodbyes. This was a very special visit. We had lots of time to speak with Claudia, Cecilia (the social worker), Marie Adelaide (the gorgeous young psychologist) and some of the other ladies. They were wonderful, so warm and full of information. They were happy to give us a photograph of Mariana´s birthmother which is very special for us and for Mariana.
Will took off with all the older children and they were instant friends, he even had lunch with them in the dining room, which he said was delicious. The children went mad over all the toys we brought - all the cars and trucks for the boys and the Barbie dolls (latina) for the girls (luckily there were only 3 older girls, as we only had 4 Barbies).
We also brought lots of lollies and biscuits for the kids which they also loved. It was fantastic to see their happy faces. As always it was hard to leave because all the children touch your heart and you want to give them all a home and a family.
There were only about 6 babies in the pristine Babies´Room. One was 2 years old and blind and maybe had other disabilities. I wonder what will happen to this poor little fellow. There was another girl called Mariana who is about 10 months old and absolutely gorgeous - with the biggest, round brown eyes you´ve ever seen. A sweetie! Vicky wasn´t sure why she still didn´t have a family. I hope she, and all the other children, find one soon.
Thursday we had our usual relaxing morning and then went off with Vicky to do some shopping. We had lunch at El Tesoro at a place called Crepes and Waffles. Wow, I´m addicted. It is fantastic. Really good food (heavily into the crepes and waffles, as the name suggests) with unbelievably low prices - my Beef Stroganoff Crepe (DELICIOUS) was 9,000 pesos (or US$4.50). Vicky and I shared wild berry waffles for dessert - SO GOOD. So good infact we´re going back this afternoon.
Then we had to courier a package of papers to the Oz Embassy in Chile and then Vicky and I went off to see her friend to buy some jewellery. Since there are presents involved I won´t go into details - enough to say I got some beautiful things (which then involved a trip to the bank to take out a ridiculous amount of pesos - I have to remember to convert back to dollars so I don´t scare myself too much!).
Now it´s Friday. I´ve spent the morning at the salon getting a hair colour, manicure and pedicure - all for $50! The three kids are relaxing and after Mariana´s nap we´re back to El Tesoro for a bit more shopping, another meal at Crepes and Waffles and some fun for Will at the children´s playground (he LOVES it!).
Bye for now.
On Wednesday morning I took Mariana to get her Passport then we returned and got all the documents from Maria Jose. We gave Vicky and Maria Jose "vouchers" from the hotel salon for manicures and pedicures. They are very inexpensive but we thought it would be a nice little special gift to say "thank you" for their wonderful help, support and friendship.
Then we got all the presents ready and went to La Casita for the final goodbyes. This was a very special visit. We had lots of time to speak with Claudia, Cecilia (the social worker), Marie Adelaide (the gorgeous young psychologist) and some of the other ladies. They were wonderful, so warm and full of information. They were happy to give us a photograph of Mariana´s birthmother which is very special for us and for Mariana.
Will took off with all the older children and they were instant friends, he even had lunch with them in the dining room, which he said was delicious. The children went mad over all the toys we brought - all the cars and trucks for the boys and the Barbie dolls (latina) for the girls (luckily there were only 3 older girls, as we only had 4 Barbies).
We also brought lots of lollies and biscuits for the kids which they also loved. It was fantastic to see their happy faces. As always it was hard to leave because all the children touch your heart and you want to give them all a home and a family.
There were only about 6 babies in the pristine Babies´Room. One was 2 years old and blind and maybe had other disabilities. I wonder what will happen to this poor little fellow. There was another girl called Mariana who is about 10 months old and absolutely gorgeous - with the biggest, round brown eyes you´ve ever seen. A sweetie! Vicky wasn´t sure why she still didn´t have a family. I hope she, and all the other children, find one soon.
Thursday we had our usual relaxing morning and then went off with Vicky to do some shopping. We had lunch at El Tesoro at a place called Crepes and Waffles. Wow, I´m addicted. It is fantastic. Really good food (heavily into the crepes and waffles, as the name suggests) with unbelievably low prices - my Beef Stroganoff Crepe (DELICIOUS) was 9,000 pesos (or US$4.50). Vicky and I shared wild berry waffles for dessert - SO GOOD. So good infact we´re going back this afternoon.
Then we had to courier a package of papers to the Oz Embassy in Chile and then Vicky and I went off to see her friend to buy some jewellery. Since there are presents involved I won´t go into details - enough to say I got some beautiful things (which then involved a trip to the bank to take out a ridiculous amount of pesos - I have to remember to convert back to dollars so I don´t scare myself too much!).
Now it´s Friday. I´ve spent the morning at the salon getting a hair colour, manicure and pedicure - all for $50! The three kids are relaxing and after Mariana´s nap we´re back to El Tesoro for a bit more shopping, another meal at Crepes and Waffles and some fun for Will at the children´s playground (he LOVES it!).
Bye for now.
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