Day 339 - Bogotá

Today we stopped by the Swiss Consulate to pick up our mail. Among them was a letter from my father. He proudly reported on the progress of the construction of his Chalet in the Simmental Valley.

And he also described the current economic situation in Switzerland and massive layoffs in the watch industry caused by Japan flooding the market with cheap electronic watches.

This was essential news for us and meant we had to devise yet another plan for our future. I didn’t have to be a genius to figure out that it would be the worst time for us to return to Switzerland and start a family.

Our short-term goal was to continue traveling with Gregor & Ellen to Cartagena and find a boat to the US.

We spend the rest of the day in Bogotá’s business district, visiting travel agencies to learn about cargo ships. The least costly route from Cartagena to a US port city was Miami.

We spent an evening in deep thought. Is God placing roadblocks into our plans to point us in a different direction?

Ursula continues knitting. Her sweater looks great and almost finished.

Stats: Miles 10, Expenses $2.80Read more