Day 7 – Hotel Pension Stein
We were up early today – woken by a hungry child who happened to be sleeping in the same room as us. Now how did that happen?
Andres was a bit grizzly this morning – perhaps his reflux is giving him a bit of a problem, but sitting him up or over the shoulder seemed to settle him down.
Leanne and Andres relaxing on the balcony
After breakfast, we sat out on the balcony for a while, enjoying the morning air and Leanne and Andres had a bit of a snooze together on the couch.
Simon and Andres playing on the balcony
I pulled my big camera lens out for the first time this trip and within 5 minutes had got decent photos of 6 different species of bird – all from my position sitting on the couch on the balcony. I might post some photos on ZooChat to see if I can get some help identifying them, I don’t have any field guides to birds of Colombia.
We had a quiet morning sitting around, spending time with Andres – he is beginning to relax around us and we are seeing a few more smiles.
After lunch we went for a walk around the hotel a couple of times with Andres – partly to stretch our legs and partly to try out the Ergo baby carrier that we brought with us from Australia.
I also took the camera for a walk and got some photos of this beautiful old hotel – over 50 years old and once considered one of the most prestigious hotels in Cali.
Hotel Pension Stein - main entrance
Hotel Pension Stein - Front gate and guard house (guard carries a revolver)
Hotel Pension Stein - Front porch
Hotel Pension Stein - Swimming Pool
Hotel Pension Stein - dining room (open air)
Tweets from today
- went for a wander down the road with Leanne carrying Andres in the Ergo baby carrier – he seemed quite content. We stopped for icecream. Yum
- 19th May, 2009 5:03 PM from TweetDeck
- waiting for wife to go through photos taken yesterday at the orphanage to tell me which ones I can upload to the net. She is asleep though.
- 19th May, 2009 9:16 AM from TweetDeck
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Just loving that photo of Andres and Leanne! Absolutely precious.
Absolutely wonderful photos – keep them coming.
Where are the bird photos? They should be on here too to keep Grand-dad happy!
Hello! We came across your blog while doing a google search. We were delighted to see your pictures! We adopted twin 4-year-old boys from Chiquitines two years ago. We stayed at Hotel Pension Stein and had Magnolia for our translator. How wonderful to relive our marvelous trip through your photos. We trust that you are acclamating to parenthood well, and that your beloved boy is growing and doing fabulously. Peace to you! Chris and Lori from Idaho, USA