Everyone guessed correctly, #18, Milan. Well done! It’s not super high for us, but one we would definitely consider. Of course, I think we’d all need new clothes before we showed up in our Levis.

This is might be a bit harder. For that reason we’ll give you the country, Brazil.

#19

It is the 5th largest city in Brazil (which means it’s not Sao Paulo or Rio). The city is called a Brazilian Venice. It could host the 2014 World Cup. Surfing has been outlawed among many of the beaches because of shark attacks, which obviously makes it a coastal city.

Although some will receive negative points for cheating (Dad/Joe), the correct answer is Toronto.  Even though it would hardly be considered as a “Foreign” posting, we’d still take it.

#18

The country includes two large islands as well as having two independent states within the country’s borders.  It is the birthplace of the Renaissance.  The city is one of the fashion capitals of the world. There would be no shortage of good wine or raviolis.

One of the fun/exhausting things about being overseas is celebrating almost every holiday multiple times. Jackson had a birthday party in Houston with family and month ago and then today we celebrated with friends here in Bogota. We decided to have everyone meet at the park to minimize the craziness. The kids loved it.  It was a fun opportunity to thank people for their support while Jackson was having his medical adventure. When we got up this morning the clouds were daunting but we braved it. The rain held off until an hour and a half into the party, about the time that we were pooped and ready to go home!  It is a huge park so we didn’t think 40 people would overwhelm it. The “administration” however came over to question Seth. When they came over we had about 10 of us. He asked what we were doing. Seth harmlessly replied that we were “just friends spending time together”. He asked how many more of us were coming. Seth couldn’t really answer that one. He asked how long we would be there…”ummm, till noon maybe”. He then said that in the future we needed to register our parties. Oops.

Here are a few pictures.

#16 Pretoria. 

Ready for #17?

The country’s borders touch two oceans.  Its head of state is king or queen.  It borders only one country.  This city is the largest city in the country.  About 49% of the population was born outside the country.  The CN Tower stood as the tallest free-standing land structure in the world for over 30 years.  Greektown boasts one of the highest concentrations of restaurants for kilometer in the world.