So we've been on the run for a while. Last week was busy as Brad started his meetings with his language tutor...very helpful for breaking bad habits started with the language back in the states. Amy finally got a kitchen...the installation of which made a mess of the entire house. Curtains came for our room, we continued to meet friends and finally...we had a fun trip to the big city to meet friends from the states. We'll focus on our weekend trip as there's not much time right now.
We live in a city of around 5 mil people, but that is not the 'big city'. The big city (about 3 hrs away) has about triple that (or more). We got there by a train which was probably the highlight of my boys' lives in their (almost) 3 years of living. It was spacious, smooth and fast (around 100 mph) and quite the deal ($150 US for round trip for 5 of us). 
The main cataylist for our trip this early was the fact that our friends from Colorado were in this city on a company trip. So we met up with them for dinner on Friday night (Outback…what a treat) and spent all day Saturday with them. We visited the local zoo which was a blast and got to see some Pandas. They were a little sleepy and boring, but the highlight of this zoo was its aquarium. It was huge, complete with a seal/dolphin show to boot.
After the trip to the zoo, we went swimming in our friend’s hotel pool which was amazing. The kids had not been in a swimming pool for months and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was such a blessing to visit with our Colorado friends even as they were trying to overcome jetlag and keep up with three crazy munchkins. 
The rest of our time was spent hitting import stores and local markets. We found a few neat gifts for our kids, friends, ourselves and a familiar US coffee shop! However, $13 US for 8 oz of coffee was just too much for even us to pay. All in all, we had a great time which was encouraging and entertaining, yet tiring. We all slept in a little Monday morning and still felt a little sluggish throughout the day.
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Morellos! You updated with lots of great pics and side stories to boot! I have to admit that I am becoming a pseudo-'24' junkie over here. My sup and his family have been working through the early seasons of it, and I have seen several of them! They are good. Well, I will talk to you later!
Congrats on a new kitchen, new lang. skills for Brad, and new choo-choo adventures for the kids!
Yea for fun times! And are we talking about 24? Season finale tonight! Maybe you guys can get the bootleg episode tomorrow.
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