The American Embassy owns a piece of property up in the mountains called Mirasole. On this property there are 2 villas, and our friends Cherylyn and Tanner, who work for the embassy, booked this place for all of us while my parents were here visiting before Christmas. It was a wonderful weekend get-a-way! It was beautiful 'chilly' weather (about 65-80 F) during the day, then in the evenings it got even colder. Unfortunately it rained a lot while we were there, so we weren't able to spend too much time outside. But when the weather was nice we enjoyed the large beautiful lawn, which you just can't do in the city because there is no lawn. The kids ran, and explored, we played botchie ball, and went to Taman Safari. When it rained, we stayed inside playing ping pong, card and board games, watched movies, and made smores in the fireplace. Eden actually lost her 2nd tooth eathing said smore. The pool was freezing!!! But all the men sucked it up and got in with the kids...way to go Dads!! We were warned before we left, that on Sunday (which was the day we were going home) the mountain road closes every 2-3 hours and changes directions. We were told to leave before 9 and we would make it down in time...ya...they were wrong!! So when we got on the road at 8am, we traveled maybe 2 miles down the mountain when we came to a dead stop and stayed there, not moving and inch for 3 hours! Seriously!! So, we did a little walking on the roadside with some views of the villages from above.
