After a long cramped ride we finally arrived at our destination, a place called "Siga la Vaca" or Follow the Cow. There really isn't anything to compare it to in MN except maybe a country club without a golf course. It had a swimming pool, garden, play ground, and restaurant. We started with swimming, Kayella's first time, and she loved it. We splashed around for about an hour before she started getting chilly and we decide to dry off and get in some warm clothes.
Next we ate a lunch and had a meal that I had been hoping we would have since before we came down here. It is a traditional Colombian soup of chicken and corn, served with pickled capers, cream, rice and avocado to mix in and a fried plantain on the side. It was so much better than I thought it would be and can't wait top make it when we get back home.
After lunch some of the families with older kids went and played on the playground, while those of us with younger kids walked through the gardens or just sat and relaxed. Jodi Kayella and I took a walk through the garden and discovered where the place got it's name from. Throughout the garden there are small ceramic cows placed in little nooks and crannies and if you follow them around you will get to see the whole gardens.
By the end of the trip everyone was pretty tired...
So we all piled back in the van and came back to the hotel. Unfortunately that's when the night got a little rough for Kayella. She spiked a slight fever, we believe brought on by teething and this respiratory crud she picked up at Chiquitines, so we gave her some Tylenol and chest rub and put her to bed.
This morning, after 12 full hours of sleep, her fever had subsided and she was her chipper self again. In order to conserve as much of my PTO as possible I decided to work 2-4 hours each day while we are down here, luckily my work was very accommodating, so while Jodi and Kayella relaxed and played, I got as much done as the wifi connection here would allow. After lunch we all had a case of cabin fever, so we decided to be adventurous and walk the 3 blocks down to the mall. The traffic here is crazy, so crossing the streets was a little harrowing, but we made it there in one piece. That is when we discovered that our lack of knowledge of the Spanish language was really detrimental. First, we attempted to withdraw some money from an ATM, I managed through the first few screens and thought I was in the clear, but then things fell apart and we had to abandon the effort. We then walked around the mall for a little while, before going to La14 downstairs to get some snacks and rice cereal for Kayella. Again, when we reached the cashier, the language barrier caused us some issues but with the help of some of the other customers we managed to pay for our goods. After that we decided we had had enough excitement for one day and headed back to the hotel. The rest of the afternoon was spent relaxing and trying the rice cereal with Kayella, which she loved.
Later we went downstairs to Skype with Grandma Jan, then had some dinner. At dinner the owner of the hotel let us know that there was another outing on Thursday to the zoo, which we have been very excited to check out and one of the other families, who speak Spanish told us they could go with us to the mall to help us with the ATM. The people who work and stay in this hotel are all so helpful, it is nice having people to lean on during this time. That it for now, we have our ICBF appointment and tour of Chiquitines on Wednesday, so I am sure we will have plenty to write about then. Ciao!
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