Nope, not manic, just promised to write a post about things we do like around here!!

Here are a few things we like about Bogota….

1. friends

we have started a tradition with our friends Nick and Kima of them coming over most Friday nights and ordering in dinner. Jackson usually gets a little visit before bed!

2. it’s beautiful..year round..except for when it rains off and on every day! No really, it is the same temperature all year and because it rains frequently we  have beautiful flowers and plants all year!

3. we can afford to have our house full of flowers because they are so darn cheap!!

these are the weekly picks!

4. fruits and veggies- cheap and abundant.  We particularly love the fresh juices!

I worry that Jackson might think every child gets to eat strawberries, avocados and kiwis everyday. Life after Colombia is going to be apples and bananas for him! I am going to let him enjoy while he can!

5. restaurants here are plentiful and generally reasonable.  when we say reasonable we mean that for the price of dinner at a Chili’s-type restaurant you can get a steak dinner. So when we do go out we can get more for our money.

you might remember these pictures…the first is of the cookie and hot chocolate from our favorite bakery. The European influence here means wonderful baguette’s, croissants with chocolate, etc.  The second is of Graham’s steak when he came to visit. For about $14 this was the amount of meat he got at dinner! He had meat sweats halfway through!

6. domicilios- delivery. for everything.  medicine, food, framed pictures, paper, you name it and it will likely be able to be delivered.

7. the dollar is getting stronger and the peso is weakening..not sure if that is a good thing about Bogota or the US, but it benefits us here!