“I’m leaving on a jet plane…

…I don’t know when I’ll be back again.”

From Miami:

Well we've begun our trip. We left Portland last night and didn't arrive in Miami until 6:30am (3:30am Portland time). The Miami airport is pretty awesome. The floor is decorated with shells and the walls with fish. As I write this I’m looking out a window at a blue sky with puffy clouds, there are a couple palm trees and I can even see some sand. It’s about 70 degrees outside at 6:30am. I think I could stay here forever!  Well ok maybe not, I just heard they have roaches… :P Well I’m pretty tired, I only got about an hour of sleep last night so at the moment I’m stifling yawns and wishing for my bed.

My mum and I are alternating between being completely freaked out and extremely happy about the adoption. Every time we think about the fact that we’re adding three new children to our family who don’t speak any English, we freak out. Every time we think about how amazing it’s going to be we get really excited. My dad and Dominic? Well, they must just not be as emotional as me and my mum… ;)

Later from Bogota:

Well the last flight was uneventful, we landed got all our bags went through customs and were met by our driver, Freddie. He's super nice and speaks English so he was telling us about all the stuff we passed. Oh yeah and Colombians are crazy! Basically the only traffic rules they obey are lights and speed limits all the other rules are just considered "good suggestions". On a two lanes road you might have three cars driving side by side. All the cars just weave in and out rarely staying in one lane for more then a few minutes, the motorcycles just drive right in between the cars, kinda scary if your not used to it but all the Colombians seem perfectly fine with it. Every single flat surface is covered in graffiti, it's just everywhere! 

Apologies if this is a little scattered…apparently I need my beauty sleep… :P

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