~Family Fun Day~

~The other day, Phillip was in a taxi, and they took him by a mall, a McDonalds with a playground (which most of them don't have playgrounds here), and another American restaurant that we didn't know was here. So, since I've been so nauseated and AMERICAN food (like mashed potatoes) sounds a lot better than Colombian food, Phillip decided to take our family out to eat at this American restaurant on our family day last Monday. But, when he had been in the taxi, he hadn't realized how far the American restaurant was from that mall. So, our taxi let us out at the mall, and we walked, and walked, and walked, stopped and asked a lady where the restaurant was, then walked and walked some more. We must have walked 2 miles or MORE to get to that restaurant. We've never eaten at that restaurant in the USA, so really didn't know what we were getting into. Thankfully we arrived at a quiet part of the day, but it was still too noisy for our liking. Our food was pretty good, and though I was sick I was able to eat a lot of my food. It was also neat to hear a couple ENGLISH words from our waitress who was trained to say "THANK YOU", although she of course had a strong Spanish accent. =D This restaurant was RIGHT BESIDE the American Embassy.~
~Kimberly and I with our fresh fruit drinks. Mine was good, but was making me sick, so I was THRILLED to see iced tea on the menu, and happily ordered one...WHICH IS TRULY AN AMERICAN THING, for iced tea is never sold in the typical Colombian restaurants.~
~Sarah and Noah with their fruit drinks.~

~I gave all our kids some of my noodles, and Noah ENJOYED having a long noodle to eat...and yes, that is a noodle hanging out of his mouth. =)~Afterwards, we TOOK A TAXI the 2 miles back to that mall and had fun walking around and looking at things, then came home. We won't be spending the money to go back to that restaurant, but we did have a nice family afternoon. (Besides, our kids drooled as we WALKED PAST the McDonalds with a playground to head to that other restaurant...so, we'll probably eat there next time...for it is much cheaper. =)