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Encased in 4 suitcases and 4 hand luggage (one hundred pounds of clothes, shoes, books, ball, scooter Miguel and a few souvenirs) there are 40 days of life in Colombia with Miguel Brayan and to take Cordenons. Fortunately, that emotions do not go in your suitcase, because their weight would have cost us a lot of charge. Even these days in Bogota utime went very well, with several visits to museums and interactive sites for children such as DiverCity - a place where children spend a whole afternoon to experience the crafts of adults - or the pizzeria, where the children are ( almost) alone pizza (see photo).

Yesterday, Tuesday 30, all 8, we visited the historic city of Bogota, starting from the Sanctuary of Monserrate located on a hill overlooking the city. We saw the presidential palace, complete with photos of classic children in the midst of guards, beautiful churches and grand finale in a restaurant located in an elegant colonial house of Candelaria. Despite being the last day together in Colombia (Helen, Henry, Nelson and German will start Wednesday, Sept. 1), the children were very quiet - apart from some initial whim. Although this tranquility is largely due to their poor sense of direction space-time, we like to read it as a sign of confidence in their new future (Miguel and Brayan it consists in 'meet Yuri, our dog, grandparents, and buy the bike!). However, no specific request about how and when they meet with the brothers, just can not wait to go to Italy. With this note
quiet salute and thank all the friends who followed us in this journey, we will update you shortly on the back.

Besos by Diego and Lucia

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Here in Bogota, ready to go home

Monday 23 we are in Bogota, in a residential (The Plenitude) Italian with other adoptive families. The Plenitude is in the northern part of Bogota, a relatively quiet residential area and very convenient, being surrounded by parks, shopping malls and being close to the Italian Institute of Bogota (pool, tennis, football etc - where there is an air of home and eat Italian!). The first days went well, people of the tabernacle, to assist us in Bogota have done wonders to make all the documents quickly: tomorrow will deliver an entry visa for the children but we have to wait to board the boat Tuesday 31 and return home. Kids will not be a return, but a trans-Atlantic leap towards a future to imagine everything. Although I will stress a bit with the language, are very quiet and can not wait to leave - this morning they told me to speak Italian with them (you see I have had enough of my English) abiturasi for the sound etc. These days in Bogota with their yarn is so slippery, there are quirks to be reported if not the usual bargaining about food (they're used to eating chicken, french fries and frijoles-stewed beans twice a day, but we do not We can and try to divert them, with little Successfully on pizza, pasta and vegetables).
In the coming days we will travel a bit, half-day devoted to our interests and their half-day (parks, swimming pool, interactive museum for children) along with Helen, Henry, Nelson and Herman, before the four brothers to separate the travel in Italy. We'll see what happens, and we will also try to bring order into the emotions experienced in the last 40 days in Colombia before opening the new chapter all at home. "
Besos por todos, D & L

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July 20 to August 22

Here we are After about a month to write the last post from Manizales, Bogota tomorrow we leave for last leg of this adventure in Colombia.
do not yet know exactly what it means to Manizales for our lives, but now that we hear from a certain nostalgia for this place until recently completely unknown.
Here we experienced one of the most important moments of our lives: the birth of our new family. Cable
Plaza, el bosque popular, the hills of Cyprus, the horses of Tierra Viva, has been the scene of so many emotions, and will be forever in the hearts nstri.

Thanks to the people of Manizales, their good heart, thanks to orders that

with their smiles and patience helped us to dress our little

Thanks to taxi drivers who have run with kindness and discretion

Thanks to the keepers of the condominiums, their friendliness and professionalism

Thanks to all the people dell'ICBF

Thank lawyer Angela

And thanks to Ivan and Wilma and their families for the love with which we have welcomed and supported all the time
Buena vida at all.
Lucia

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Preparing for Italy

continue preparations for the trip to Italy, via Bogota, with the anxiety of not making it from August 31 (if you jump, he talks about Sept. 6 flights packed!). Yesterday was an important day, we have withdrawn the new passports by Miguel Angel Serraino Serraino Fratino and Brayan Camilo Fratino. It 'been exciting to see Miguel and Brayan, registry office of Manizales, rehearse to sign with new names: all went smoothly, with best wishes from employees and some people in the queue at the counter. The new names are enshrined for Miguel and Brayan, their new identity registry to us and represent a further awareness of the great responsibility that we have undertaken. It also begins a new stage with new unknowns: the successor to the return? live as the separation from their world (language, food, TV programs in the first place)? react as expected, that even graduate, feel me? The confirmation you receive from us may not be deep enough to build that identity registry printed in passports.
So we started to talk about them every day more Italian, and fantasize about what we do at home - the home we describe in detail the meeting with relatives, walking the dog, a visit to their new school before classes begin. Today we did some shopping for souvenirs, they wanted two chitarrine Colombia (see photo in which they perform for us in concert) and a typical model of the truck with the words La Dorada (their hometown), Colombia from Italy bring in their room, the past and the future!. From Monday we will be
23 in Bogota in the same building with Helen, Henry, Nelson and the Germans. So far, the integration between the brothers in two different families went well, but we must prepare for separation geographical area that will take place in Italy. Being together in Bogota for about 10 days, to prepare them cerchermo especially for this event, perhaps one of the most difficult stages between those previously addressed. In Cartagena, the pace and timing of the holiday we have certainly facilitated the task of making them feel close to two different families. We will try to do the same in Bogota, continuing this complicated process. Diego & Lucia

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point of view of the driver

After four weeks of cohabitation, the news is scarce, especially in view of the great event for all 4, the arrival / returning to Italy. The day's out of the bureaucratic steps necessary to complete the process of documentation, the meals, entertainment and computer work for us. Yesterday, a driver went to La Dorada to get new birth certificates, which were delivered today, Wednesday, August 18 al'ICBF of Manizales and Bogota all'ICBF business prepare for the certification of compliance necessary to obtain entry visas in Italian for children. Tomorrow we go for passports and Brayan Miguel, and on Sunday or Monday in Bogota trasferimao us to complete the whole. The amount of documents that were not enough to prepare, there has also put the high season for flights to Europe, so it will be hard to find four places before August 31 (we found a place on the 31st, but we are uncertain whether to confirm before having the Visa in hand).
Unfortunately, it rains almost every day, and children suffer at home (we are now in a building with fenced soccer field, which makes them very happy when they can stay out)-so we have to reverse everything and make several trips a day in taxi. After dozens of trips by taxi, we realized that the taxi driver a little bit reflects the overall vision of the local population towards the international adoption-as a person who for 10-20 minutes or more share a tight space with this strange family (in our case , 2 kids and 2 parents evidently native whose mother is certainly not native - on my home are more uncertain!). We try to make a summary of the types taxi drivers and their point of view. The most common is surely one of the taxi driver who pretends not to notice us adoptive parents, but it begins to converse in English with the children. In this situation, Miguel silent or respond in monosyllables, while Brayan (smallest) starts to talk and never stop. Then there are the most enterprising taxi drivers, those who think that children are Colombians, and then they (the drivers) are left to wonder what goes on in his head. Faced with more "meddling" in this category, ie one who has come to ask direct questions like "you met the parents of the children before their adoption?" Brayan told him directly: "we are dell'ICBF, they are Italian and we have adopted. "Fantastic, the conversation ended there. Another category is that taxi drivers paternalistic, one that feels compelled to make recommendations to the children because they are so lucky to have two parents who take care of them and lead them in a rich country and therefore should behave (in this case the answer is Brayan ".. with love y respecto). Again, Miguel little as possible to participate in the conversation / monologue, while Brayan embarks on various considerations (which go by the fact that we are doctors who will do that in Italy, etc.). Lately, Brayan begins to ask taxi drivers if they speak Italian and start a litany of words and numbers you know with a lot of English-Italian translation. Today I did not understand what I asked the taxi driver, he is imtromesso saying that he knew some Italian and could explain the issue.
After a hundred taxi rides with the kids we came to this conclusion: if the views of taxi drivers is that of the general population, the inhabitants of Manizales seem very sympathetic to the adoptive parents and foreign-but not strongly involved required, the process adopted, the different reactions and Miguel Brayan show the different level of awareness of their existential and, therefore, the wounds that we carry within our two children. Who knows what will happen with the Italian taxi drivers, we can not wait to try it!
Hasta manana manana or post-
Diego & Lucia

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August Manizales

We also celebrated the Assumption: horseback riding, party kites and ride the cable car! Although here in August is the month of wind, sun and if they have seen little to lift the kites the children ran like hell. In Manizales go crazy for flying kites (las cometas), and Sunday are both adults and children in a hill top in the city to play and fly them. Great excitement and Miguel Brayan, which were found by Nelson and Herman, but almost always grounded kites. The fun, however, is not missed, yet is an important glue for all of us.

The Assumption was also horseback riding in the countryside Manizales! Miguel had assured us that he has already ridden-and on this great movie about his life at the finca-but it was the first time I rode a horse ("I want to stay on the horse with popes ..") while Brayan has exhausted all with hundreds of questions that we have poor senor darts through half an hour (it was silent for a second, so that Miguel told him that if next time is not silent at home).

One thing to Manizales we have not spoken is the cable car, chairlift type of the Dolomites. Connects the upper and lower town, and the cost of bus ticket you can enjoy a magnificent panorama. Children love it, I do not know how many laps we have already had.

If, at this stage learning, entertainment plays an important role, we know that soon the spell will pass and in quotidianetà, its role will be reduced. In this regard, we began to explain to Miguel and Brayan the general context in which they will be immersed on their arrival in Italy. In practice, we try to prepare them-very briefly-to the main stress that inevitably will face. The first is the language: we told him that nobody in the family speaks English and it surprised them so much, beyond our expectations (Brayan, in particular, is very concerned that his grandfather Joseph can not understand it when they go fishing). Knowing that in place in the world will live the people do not speak their language confounded Miguel and Brayan, and this says a lot about what can go through their head these days - but we find it hard to arrange the emotions. Diego & Lucia