Hola from Bogota!
Hi again everyone,
We have had 2 wonderful days in Bogota! We have had a small driving tour of the city. We saw the historical distict and one or two other areas. It's hard to tour a city of 8 million people in a couple hours. We visited the Gold Museum, had authentic Colombian food, visited CRAN today for a very moving/emotional presentation and have been shopping. Mostly we have spent time with a lot of wonderful, caring and giving people. Our hosts have been very gracious and the people at CRAN very proffessional, caring folks. There are also two couples we've met and been hanging out with that are adopting parents like us. One couple is still on the waiting list as we are and the other couple are here with their daughter waiting to finalize her adoption. We've also spent time with a woman who was the first adopted child from CRAN to the US and her father.
They are great people as well and it is wonder to here her reinforce all the things we have read about raising adoptive children. Today we also met and had lunch with another mother and her daughter from the US who was adopted 7 or 8 years ago. All the stories are facinating and we learn more from each one we hear!
I think we have learned a lot, been welcome with open arms from the folks associated with CRAN and are having a great time. We have been very fortunate to be able to visit Bogota and CRAN before coming for the adoption.
We hope you are all well, and will talk to you when we get home.