Todo lo bueno se acaba

Well friends, the time has come for Tanya and I to leave the wonderful city of Cali, Colombia. The past 8 weeks have been unbelievable and the time has flown by. It seems like just yesterday that we arrived. We have grown to love the city, the food, the people, and the kids. We take with us fond memories of all our experiences here and would love to return one day! Unfortunately it has been raining here pretty much all week, but one of our friends here told us that it was God crying because we were leaving Cali. :)

Our last week here has been fairly uneventful. We contemplated various trips to other areas of Colombia, but decided to just relax and enjoy Cali one last time. Over the weekend, we ran last minute errands and finished all the projects on our to do list. We also went to a local park where artists display their work every Sunday and admired their paintings.

On Monday, we delivered all the projects and said one last good-bye to the kids at Oscar Scarpetta and Chiquitines. On Wednesday we went to el Zoológico de Cali. Unfortunately it rained for most of the day, but we still had a great time seeing all the animals. Last night we tried Colombian perros calientes for the first time. It was pretty good but very different than American hot dogs when it came to the toppings (cheese, bacon, pineapple salsa, crushed up potato chips, and ketchup, mustard, mayo if you wanted).

This morning, the pregnant mothers invited us over for breakfast and gave us a little gift of chocolates :) As we were leaving, one of the volunteers was arriving to help lead the exercises! They had seen our exercise posters and really liked them.

Chao Cali! Nuestra experiencia fue maravillosa. Muchas gracias a todos los amigos y amigas de Colombia por su amor, risas, y amistad!!

Here are some pictures of us being silly from the zoo: