Getting to know Bogota - 2nd April 2009

As it's our first day here in the North of Bogota we head out early for a walk and get to know which streets are the ones which we can buy things from and we also venture to find the famous Parque 93 (Park 93).

Coming close to lunchtime we have clearly taken all the wrong roads jejeje but we venture on and decide to have lunch at TGI Fridays.

After lunch we hop into a taxi and ask the driver to take us to the Exito Supermarket which is one of the largest chains in Colombia.

When we get there we realise it's not the one we went a year ago but at least the supermarket is as large. After buying enough stuff to start stocking up the fridge we head back home.

One thing I found very interesting was that they allowed me to spread the cost of the credit card in 3 payments which quite frankly is a really cool thing don't you think.

Once home I send a few GDA emails to the committee for them to deal with things. These being the Government summer sports programme which is intended to provide taster sessions and an intruduction to prospective new players men/ladies or youth. For years I have been asking different members of the committee to have a go but no one wants to do it. I find it very disappointing as it's an important event we should be tackling every year as it both promotes and increases our youth participation. I keep saying we should have delegated roles within the committee and I'll make a note of this for next year and assign it to a committee member to take it on.

The other email I forward to the committee is the BDO schedule which shows that (not surprisingly) the Winmau has been moved to September. I am not quite sure what justifies moving an event which has been hosted in December for quite a number of years now as all the participating countries work out there own calendar of events around December and a shift in over 3 months will simply cause problems. Then again the same question can be asked on why year in year out it is hosted in Bridlington and not in the centre of London closer to all International airports!!!!! In the good old days (at least for me) it was held in Fulham Broadway - London.