August 30--Out & About on Sunday

We went for a walk on Carrerra 15, which is closed for runners, bikers, walkers, etc on Sundays. Our first stop was at Baby Ganga.

This store is Baby Ganga, sort of like Babies-R-Us, but much smaller and waaaaay more expensive. Baby items in Colombia are about 3x more expensive, or even more. For example, the microwave sterilizing bags we bought in the U.S. were $5. Here they are $30. So there is not much we can afford at this store. But we really needed a teething ring for Silas, who chews his hands constantly.

From Baby Ganga, we continued on a walk down Carrerra 15. Exercising seems to be very popular here. It is a great environment for us. 

It wasn't too long before a slight drizzle and a cool breeze called us in. 

We stopped by Dunkin' Donuts for a drink and to get warmed up. This picture shows how Silas likes to spend much of his awake time-- standing up. 

When we got back to the hotel, we were surprised to find that the tables were all decked out with Colombian pottery for a special meal. The hotel was hosting a party, and we got to benefit! This is Herman, who works here. He is great to talk to and is very helpful for us.

We ate with a couple from Norway who is here adopting their son, who you can barely see in this picture. They have been here about 1 week.

Keva-- this is the Colombian pottery we found in Beaufort that our coffee mugs are made out of. Come to find out, this is special pottery made about 3 hours from Bogota in a dangerous area. How cool that it is also sold in South Carolina. It may cost an arm and a leg here. This soup was delicious by the way.

Mystery dessert. We couldn't figure out what this was. It had a cheese consistency but no taste. We figured it must be a very special dessert since is was served with this meal. But none of us could finish eating it.

After nap time, we went to the "Dog Park" for Lucia to play and Brian to run. This park has more dogs in it than you can imagine. Really. And none of them are mutts. We have seen nearly every breed imaginable... beagles, boxers, goldens, yorkies, bulldogs, afghans, great danes, chows, german shepherds...shall I go on! It is like an AKA show. It looks like folks in Bogota take their dogs very seriously. And most of the dogs are not on leashes, but they are so well behaved. It is very different, and we like it.