Ray's Adventure: Two days in Bogota

We booked a flight two weeks ago so that I could get a Visa that would not restrict our time in Colombia. I was going to need to leave here by Dec 7 with the normal tourist Visa but would have been able to start over on Jan 1 with a new slate. We could have just left for a month to Ecuador or somewhere but these being the final months before turning 59-1/2, I didn't want to take out any more IRA money till next year. So, our adventure started two days ago....
The two tickets RT were less than $95, so a two hour delay to replace a tire on the plane with a big bald spot showing cords was no problem. We tried out Uber in Bogota for the first time and was assured the rate was less than taxis. Rate was good but driver didn't seem to know the city well and we drove around for almost 2 hours to find the hotel.
We only had a short walk in the morning to the Migration building where we were in line before the 7:30 am opening. Scare #1 was they would only let me in alone, ok, don't panic Ray, you can do this. Then once inside it took almost 5 hours but emerged with a Visa for 6 months. The only snag was having to use the last of our cash to pay for this as I lost my ATM card a few days ago and won't get a replacement till next week. We found out that Uber works with my credit card so we got to the next hotel ok down in the historical district.
The rest was awesome. We were only a 15 minute walk along the Avenida de agua, fountains continually along the way, to the base of Monserrate, a church on a hill 600 meters above the city. The views were amazing. On the way back we visited the home of Simon Bolivar, amazing history. In the morning we just walked around and found the Museum of Gold, many beautiful cathedrals, parks and even the Emerald Trade Center. Will need a lot more time for these and many other things on our next visit.