770 days later... here we are

That's what trackitt tell us. That we have been waiting 770 days this day. The one we could write you from Québec!



and how our arrival went.... actually we would like to write it down with all the details we can. So we are letting it for later.


Today we are more interested in telling you about the planning of the trip.



We arrived the last 29th april. And in order to actually make it we had to:



1. Collect the money. Nobody from our relatives, managed to escape the unconfortable question of: Can you lend me some money??? We were really ashamed to do so, but... we had no choice. Many things happened and of cours it's a little intimidating starting a new life with a huge debt. We took our chances and here we are.



2. Scanning family pics: I did it a long time ago but it isn't bad to remember to do so. I'm a true fan of pics and I have several gigas of memories!

3. Unsuscribing from the colombian social system. The money I have payed for my retirement will be back in a thousand years if I'm still alive, great.

4. Buying the tickets. In Colombia there's an organization called OIM. They pay half the ticket but only if you reserve with full fare. It means that as we traveled in april we got a better fare in a travel agency. I'm guessing OIM has to be a good deal if you are travelling in the summer season.

5. Selling our stuff. To be honest, you want to pack the whole country in your bags. But you just have the right to carry two bags never depassing 23 k. Our belongings where sold just in time for the big day (28th april).

6. And talking about baggage: buy the bags! At first we just bought two. Then my father in law gave us another. And in Bogota's airport we had to unpack a little bag to redistribute two kilos of overweight. We look crazy packing and unpacking our stuff in the airport!

7. Buying clothes according to your likes and budget. I'm not saying there's not good clothing in Canada, but we have to admit it's cheaper in Colombia. Just buy what you'll need, you have to remember the airline's limits and rules for your baggage weight.

8. Change the currency. You start to spend dollars in Bogota's airport. (Paying a fee to leave the country).

9. I'm a music lover. So add more gigas of colombian music to the gigas of pictures I brought! All my music is all the ID I need to let people know where I come from!

10. The art of saying good-bye. This one we leaved at last. It's really hard to say good bye to your family and friends. And I really suck at it, I'm a true crying baby. I don't even like people to see me cry. At the end everyone saw me cry and even my evil sister took pictures of the massive crying in the airport (my sweet sister... you are really something).

The flight took off at 23.40h. You have to line up for everything in Bogota. To sleep is imposible. the chairs are uncomfortable. The flight crew is a 100% canadian. One of the flight attendants (She was really really nice) was from Québec. The only thing it's that it was a nightmare to understand her english. We had to wait until she spoke in french to understand given her spanish was worse than her english.

So this is it. One of this days I promess I'll come back to read your blogs, reply emails and write as usual our stories.

Au Revoir!