Yesterday afternoon the kids decided to make pancakes. The pile of mush was made by Mayra and all the round ones were made by Rocio - including the one "proper" pancake on Maya's plate.
Today Jorge brought us to a theme park/zoo to the west of Bogota called Parque Jaime Duque. It was raining in Bogota, but nice all day at the park. On the way there he stopped at a garden store to buy some small trees. He likes to plant trees all over - quite the environmentalist. This is the store:
Photos at the Parque Jaime Duque amusement park/zoo.
Rocio borrowed my camera. We have dozens of photos of squirrels. Did you want to see them all? Maybe not.
The kids with some monkeys in the background. Rocio had never been to a zoo before, although Mayra had visited one once.
They enjoyed a large slide. This may not seem like a big thing to American kids, but it was for the girls.
Bumper cars, again. This time they got the hang of steering somewhat better than their first try at another place a couple weeks ago.
Another big slide
A motorcycle ride, pretty low key. They look like real motorcycles/scooters, adapted to function for the ride.
Cars went pretty fast, they liked this one!
The Taj Mahal, sort of. The inside is full of reproductions of famous paintings, along with paintings depicting the Colombian revolution from Spain. Jorge gave the girls excellent art, history, and natural sciences lessons, while holding their interest.
Pedal boats. They had trouble figuring out the steering at first... tiller right to turn left.
Overall they had a lot of fun.
Jorge is amazing. A walking encyclopedia of Colombian history, art, natural science... and outstanding at holding the girls interest. Another family tagged along to hear his dialog as we visited a display of insects. He should be a teacher, or perhaps a professor.
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