So we finally made it...after a long two days of flying around the states...and then south of the equator. We arrived in Bogota, Colombia, excited, exhausted, ready to make the best of it. It's cold though. We weren't expecting rain every day and night but we'll manage. Anyways, we are glad to be here and happy to meet our host family. Carlos Alzate, our friend and host brother, is letting us stay with his family in the city before we go to Medellin to start the first part of our mural projects. He was a member and is now a mentor at the Computer Clubhouse, inside the Museo de los Ninos (Children's Museum). Because of our connection with him, we have the museum and all Clubhouse members as resources as we begin our project. We can't wait to start!!
So far we have ventured into the big city ( 8 million people), and saw the Fernando Botero museum. We went out Salsa dancing and drinking Aguardiente, the silent killer and Club Colombia (Colombian beer that tastes similar to Budweiser). In our few days here we realize how much work it is to learn Spanish....me (Cori) especially! It has been exhausting to learn but we are testing our brains to the limit and learning new things everyday...thank goodness our friends and family here have been very supportive and helpful when it comes to learning. We have also been able to help teach them English...something they all have a desire to learn and get better at. Carlos, our brother is very good at speaking English and everyone we talk to that knows English says that it is an easy language to learn...man don't we wish it was the same for Spanish! With time and practice we will get there...slowly but surely.
We miss our family very much but at the same time the people we meet in Colombia make us feel at home. They are so loving and if we could wish for anything (besides to wake up and know Spainsh) it would be that we can all be together....un dia.
Hasta luego, until later, we shall talk again....
ciao
Cori and Dan
