Bogota is Beautiful & Gabriela loves to see it!

In a very short time we learned something very important about Gabriela, she loves to be outside. When she is upset for one reason or another, we know that we can take her outside for a quick walk or just stand around and she calms right down. She is very curious wants to see everything with those giant brown eyes of hers and furtunately for her and for us, Bogota has a lot to see.

Yesterday, we moved from the hotel we were staying to a lovely two bedroom apartment that Rosario (cousin Jamie's wife) found for us. It is in one of the best areas of Bogota and is wonderful for walking around and is less than two blocks to a great super market and a less than 10 minute walk from Jamie & Rosario's home. Gabriela has a lot more room for us to put her on her tummy more for some great exercise.

We moved in yesterday afternoon and we have already been taking advantage of this great walking neigborhood. Gabriela and I took a quick walk to the store this morning for some juice and fresh Colombian breads. This afternoon we walked to Jamie & Rosario's for a great lunch and later a walk to the Juan Valdez coffee shop.

We greatly enjoyed our time at the hotel where we were staying and the people we met there both in the staff and the other adopting families were wonderful and it was an experience that we would not ever change for anything. We now have great friends in Norway and Holland to go along with all of the great Colombian friends that we have made here.

Gabriela right now is happily playing with "Tango", the Jamie & Rosario's 4 year hold Huskie. She is facinated by dogs and Tango is doing very well with her. We can wait until she gets to meet Zuny!

The photos in this posting are of Rosario who has been not only helping us with something nearly every day, but is also great source of entertainment for us and expecially for Gabriela. The other photos are Gabriela reaching for Tango and to respond to a specific request for a photo of me with my little angel Gabriela, one of the two of us just after I fed her a bottle and then sung her to sleep.