We're doing a nice long stretch at a great Airbnb apartment in Bogota. It's great to be in one place for a while, in part because CJ got the flu. Then just as he recovered, Katrina caught it. The rest of us are hoping to stay healthy. Katrina is already feeling better. In the meantime, these are the things that give us small bursts of joy as we explore Bogota:
1. Internet. Roughly 98 percent of squabbles within the group are related to bandwidth, including the ever accusatory, "Who is downloading something!" CJ solved this problem by finding the public wi-fi behind the Ministry of Communications--"free WiFi for the people."
3. Our neighborhood. We buy pastries at the same little bakery every morning. I am sitting in my favorite cafe. And yes, we go to the grocery store. Check out the flowers in my cart! We're here long enough that we have cut flowers (for $1.00) on our dining room table.
1. Internet. Roughly 98 percent of squabbles within the group are related to bandwidth, including the ever accusatory, "Who is downloading something!" CJ solved this problem by finding the public wi-fi behind the Ministry of Communications--"free WiFi for the people."
2. Figuring out the buses. Bogota is laid out on a grid, like NYC. All kinds of public buses run up and down the avenues. So if we can read the sign in the window of the bus, or throw ourselves on the mercy of someone standing at the stop to send us in the right direction, we can all get where we are trying to go for about $2.
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