still alive!!

Robert Jorge says on Nov 30, 2006, 22:45:

Good to hear from you. Give us an update! How is it going?

--"I believe in making the world safe for our children. But not for our children's children, because I don't think that children should be having sex." - Jack Handy

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famsearch says on Nov 30, 2006, 23:22:

so far so good... i've managed to adapt to my wife's cooking, good honest colombian fare. sancochos, arepas, and such. she has already reorganized the kitchen to her liking. she's doing her best to acquire more and more english, and we have a few good laughs along the way. on our first walk around a local lake, she got to see something not seen in colombia, a squirrel. my brother told her that they were basically rats with furry tails. as far as the temperatures here in minnesota go, she thought i was kidding when i told her that it was -11c this morning, until she saw the thermometer. on one of her calls home, i believe that she called it puta fria, but i could be wrong. she was wondering when she will get to see snow, but i think that that will be this weekend. she told my sis in law that it was odd to see the sun so bright, yet it's so cold out. she said that if the sun were that bright in medellin, people would get fried. but here, the sun is more of a decoration, than a source of heat. other than that, it's been one hell of a lot of fun.
dan

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slopip says on Dec 1, 2006, 09:35:

did you just marry a colombian? if so, how long did it take for all the paperwork to go through?

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famsearch says on Dec 1, 2006, 09:50:

too long... we got married in colombia in dec 2004, started the paperwork around feb 2005, got the visa aug of 2006.
dan

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utopiacowboy says on Dec 1, 2006, 10:58:

Yes, and sometimes what you "learn" is just plain wrong. There are several species of dwarf squirrels as well as other types native to Colombia. My wife was quite familiar with squirrels before she came here. Of course you seldom see wild animals in Colombia at all because the locals eat them all. Just kidding on that last point although they do eat a LOT of the native animals....

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famsearch says on Dec 1, 2006, 16:42:

i don't know about mini squirrels.... but the only wildlife i saw in colombia were the turkeys in the front courtyard next to the mother in law's house, and the occasional horse, and burro pulled cart. then again, there were those damned roosters that everyone in the barrio seemed to have.
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Derek says on Dec 1, 2006, 17:08:

Utop you were not kidding! Most everything in Colombia that´s edible has been hunted to or practicly to extinction.

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Robert Jorge says on Dec 1, 2006, 20:14:

Not the monkeys. There are lots of them 30 miles into the Llano. Almost every visit to a finca outside of Villavo or Acacias gave me views of micos jumping through the trees. But I guess they wouldn't be very good eating.

--"I believe in making the world safe for our children. But not for our children's children, because I don't think that children should be having sex." - Jack Handy

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ColombianoGringo says on Dec 4, 2006, 08:07:

I don't know why the hell my post on this topic was removed.

However...

Dan, Did you get a K-3 or a CR-1 visa for your wife?

Thanks and congrats on getting her home,

CG

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litost says on Dec 4, 2006, 08:16:

Yes, unfortunately it is very rare to see wild animals in most colombian cities. Why, I don't know really but I figure that with such enormously varied and rich countryside why would they dwell in polluted and overrun cities? Of course there are squirrels in Colombia, I remember an uncle took us on a hunting trip many years ago in the mountains near Belen de Umbria (Risaralda) but it was mission impossible.

That's one of the pleasant surprises in US cities, one of the only aspects of Miami that I kinda miss actually... the second you walk out the door you can be surrounded by squirrels, ducks, lizards, iguanas, turtles, migrating birds, etc!

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famsearch says on Dec 4, 2006, 08:48:

cg right now her status is cr-1, and we should be getting her card in the next 3 weeks or so.
dan

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Tinto (Moderator) says on Dec 4, 2006, 08:50:

I wish the Canadian geese would find Miami or Colombia more hospitable that Minnesota.

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ColombianoGringo says on Dec 4, 2006, 09:49:

Thanks Dan,
Thanks for the info. That was very quick for a CR-1.

Did you apply CR-1 only or did you apply CR-1 and then K-1?

We are having some relatively cold weather here in Houston with lows around freezing. My GF lives in Neiva(which is very hot) and she can't imagine such cold weather. Then I told her about you and your Colombian wife in Minnesota. She laughed and suddenly had a greater appreciation for Houston's southerly location.

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famsearch says on Dec 4, 2006, 13:59:

cg it was the cr-1 only. 16f above here right now, so not too bad. yesterday on the way to and from church, she was saying that she was turning into a block of ice. now that she has a good winter coat, hat, and gloves, we're gonna take some pics to send to the family back in colombia.
dan

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