Separation Anxiety

Well I´m about to leave Bogota this morning but I´ll be really sad to go. As I mentioned, I have been staying with a couchsurfer, Diana, in her apartment in the north of the city. From the moment I arrived to her place after a gruelling bus ride on the packed Transmilenio (a bus system similar to a metro), I was welcomed as though I were family. Diana lives with her older sister and niece in the apartment, but her brother and his girlfriend from England were staying here over the weekend as well. We all got along great, my grand welcome on Thurday evening being sitting around drinking beers and Aguardiente (a Colombian liquor with a taste similar to Sambuca, usually taken straight up) and dancing to reggae in the living room.
The following day after Diana went to work, Andres and Aimee were nice enough to take me downtown to stroll around and see the street entertainment and check out the Botero gallery. I tried Ajiaco, a soup typical in Bogota, which included chicken, beans, rice, avocado, onion, etc.- super delicious. I´ve also been enjoying all the street snacks- empanadas, arepas, pizza, fresh squeezed juices and prepared fruit like mango and pineapple- usually for a price ranging between $0.50-$1.50.
Friday night we went to 3 bars, the first one a pub, the second a really bright barn-type bar called La Finca, and the third a reggae bar. I got to meet a bunch of Diana´s friends and also other couchsurfers and danced like mad until we got kind of rowdy and pissed some people off in the reggae bar. But by that time it was after 2am- time to go home anyways.
Saturday was another great day- went to Parque Simon Bolivar but got rained out there so we hopped the bus downtown for some coffee and food, then off to another bar where Diana´s friend was DJíng. Unfortunately after the previous night I wasn´t able to give my 100% to the party, a shame because the music was awesome.
Yesterday was a beautiful day spent in Parque de los Novios (park of the couples), where there was a couchsurfing barbeque with a turnout of probably over 60 people. The group in Bogota is huge and really active, they have frequent meetings and get together wednesdays to hand out food to the homeless, among other things. After the park, we piled into Diana´s brother´s car- 9 of us in total, including Diana´s adorable nephew. When we got to her brother´s place, we all piled into he and his wife´s bedroom and sprawled out all over to watch a movie. In Diana´s family there are 8 siblings, and they are all really close, as I´ve noticed that many families here and in Latin America are. And, as you can see, they even treat strangers like family.
After the movie, 3 other friends that I met over the weekend showed up at the house and Diana surprised me with a birthday cake! I couldn´t believe it, but now you can see why I´m having separation anxiety. They told me it was tradition to bite the cake, and of course I believed it. So I guess I deserved it when I had my face pressed into it.
Today I leave for Villa de Leyva, a small town a few hours south of here.