Best of today: Adventuring to Usaquen with M & M (two ECA teachers).
Worst of today: Waking up from a grand old nap.
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Today I woke up at the apartment of my new young teacher friends, and had a lovely breakfast of oatmeal and pan (bread). Then I finally got to go to the ATM in the mall to get Colombian pesos, so that I am at least somewhat not depending on everyone else to fund my activities and eating. :)
After lunch, M and M and I left the apartment to head to the neighborhood of Bogota called Usaquen. This is a colonial style area, with a lovely architected mall, an artesan market in the square, nice parks, and great restaurants. We also got ice cream at Crepes & Waffles. Life is mostly complete. (I chose maracuya flavor--a tangy scrumptious fruit.)
When it was time to head home, I was the one who waved down the bus. We got on, and drove down the septima (seventh street), and, well, rode the bus all the way to the station. Apparently we'd missed the memo that it wasn't exactly going where we needed it to. Hence "adventuring"! All we had to do was walk a few blocks more than we had expected to. Dios nos protegio. God kept us safe.
To cross the pedestrian bridge over the autopista (major highway), M taught me to play Frogger by imagining the bridge was the road, and running in mad fits and spurts to avoid the cars. The colombianos already look at us Americans funny as we pass--why not take advantage of that attention and live without shame and with lots of added fun for a moment? Locas.
This is the part where we took naps. I borrowed a princess blanket. :) Then it was basically time to snack a bit, and head to the movie night with more teachers from the school. We watched "The Emperor's New Groove", and enjoyed it immensely. These are really cool young folks, we're talking. I like being in their midst a lot.
I am very much looking forward to a church service in Spanish tomorrow! chau chau xox
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