Things I don't want to forget about Florencia...

• no hot water


• the hotel room


• the waiters who learned English for us


• the welcome from our children on Gotcha Day


• our interpreter and his family


• our lawyer


• crayolas all over the floor


• the bellows early in the morning from the guy who sold newspapers


• the horse carriages


• the poor and needy people


• the police men and women


• the poodles


• the young child who nudged Ben's arm for scraps one night when we were having dinner


• the children who were displayed on the tv screen announcing if no family found would be put up for adoption


• the hot and humid days


• when Ben ate cow tongue soup


• the taxi cab


• the Hache' River


• the different socioeconomic levels (#1-4)


• the children's parade


• the maid who handwashed our laundry


• the ICBF staff that helped us


• dinner with our lawyer and ICBF where we had REAL onion rings!


• the longest tantrum yet in the Florencia airport


• the smiles and excitement when on the plane


• when all the children hugged and kissed the police and airport personnel and yelled, "Chow!"