Last days at Cartagena..on to Bogota

First of all an update on the adoption process.  We should be receiving a call anytime now to let us know that a hearing date is set for the adoption declaration.  This will provide declaration that we are Jose's parents with the Colombian legal system.  Ryan will go back to Cucuta for the day or overnight (depending on the hearing time) to sign this documentation at the court.  Afterwards, Jose's name will be changed.  This will take a few days to accomplish.  After all of this is done, then we can obtain Jose's visa at the US Embassy in Bogota.  Thus the last leg of our adoption journey will end in Bogota.

Cartagena is beautiful, but we are ready to go to the next place.  Packing and repacking is getting old, but we are looking forward to the cooler weather in Bogota and a change of place.

On Saturday we walked to and visited the Fort de San Fillipe.  Truly an amazing site to see.  An audio guide tour provided interesting history of the Fort and defenses of  Cartagena.  Afterwards, we walked to the old city and had some dinner.

On Sunday, we finally were able to go to Mass.  Of course, it was all in Spanish, but the Eucharist is always the same no matter what country you are in.  For our last evening in Cartagena, we went to dinner at an excellent restaurant on the water called Club de Pesca.  It is built in the remains of a Spanish fort section and is quite nice.  Excellent giant prawns, ceviche, and fish.  Ryan and I split a "sampler" dinner of a bunch of their specialties and Jose had..chicken.  Great place, incredible views, good music, and nice sea breeze.  It was a good way to end our visit to Cartagena.  We see why people love it so much.

Today (Monday), Jose received his school lesson, Ryan worked for most of the day, and we went in the pool.  We are finished packing and ready for our flight tomorrow morning.  See you in Bogota!