Thursday, April 19, 2007

Family trip numero uno:)















Hello everyone,

We went on our first little family trip this morning. The hotel organized a trip to an historic church here in Bogota called Monserrate. In addition to being a very important church in the city, it is also a tourist attraction because it is high in the mountains above the city and it has a beautiful view. The church was originaly built by Spanish missionaries and a new church was built in the 1920's to accomidate more people. We had a guided tour of the grounds and church. John, of course being the history lover that he is was very interested:) Nicole and Athena looked for pretty pictures to take along the way and enjoyed the nice view:) One of the unique parts of this trip was the cable car trip up and down the mountain to get to the church. There was more military personel at the church than we could possibly count. Men all over in their uniforms with weapons in hand. They told us the reason for the extra security around Bogota is that the president of Chile is visiting Bogota. We returned from our trip just in time to beat an afternoon thunderstorm.

Athena is starting to do more and more baby talk with us. Her current favorite thing to say is Ah-boo, Ah-boo! We think she especially likes to say this because she can pucker her lips and blow a little bit of spit and she thinks this is quite fun!

Take care!

Love,

Nic, John & Athena

1 comment:

Jaime said...

Look at your family!!! How beautiful! It's so great to read about how things are going for you. Just sending you all well wishes and lots of love. :)