Welcome to Bogota

Tatianas house is cool and unusual at the same time. Her family is wonderful and her mom is a great chef. We are
nearing the end of the process, we went to the U.S. Embassy today for Marias Visa and will pick it up tomorrow. We will then be free to leave the country. We are likely to stay until arepre-arranged flight which is for the 27th. We are going to check with the airline to se if they make exceptions for adoptions but I fear the costs will still be astronomical to fly out early. Today with advice from Tatiana we took the transmilenio or as I like to call it the Sardine can. Our goal was to make it  to Lacandalaria this is the oldest homes in Bogota, the transmilenio stopped way early though and we were forced into a 3 mile hike through the centro downtown Bogota ,a place that we were told never to go to as Americans. It was quite the experience,street vendors and people crowded every square inch for miles  shouting and selling there items. Imagine New York city but with street vendors on every sidewalk and street selling stuff. It was utter chaos I would not advise this area for anyone. We did meet some cool Americans at the Embassy that are gpoing through the adoption process and it was fun to speak english to someone else for a change. I may not be posting anymore pics until I get home as the internet is a little slow. I hope everyone has a wonderful xmas and we'll see you all when we get back.