Monday, January 29, 2007

¿Internships?

Hey everyone! Clearly I´m making up for not updating for a week (yeah, Kristin, I´m talking to you) by updating twice in the span of two days. For a quick read, I´m bulleting. Since Saturday evening I have:
-Gone to a bar with live music called Bogarin. The music was really great, and so was the margarita I drank. I wan´t such a fan of the $4 cover, but that´s mostly just because I´ve become a cheap Gringa in this town where my amazing ham sandwich (not an oxymoron, I promise) that I ate for lunch today cost me $1.50. Anyway, the bar. We went as a total of 8 or 9 students, and sat and listened to a couple of Ecuadorian singers. There were two guys who sang together, and a bunch of Latinos/Latinas got up and started dancing and made we wish that I could dance, but of course I can´t because I´m a gringa. But that´s ok, I still want to take dance lessons. At only $4/hour for private lessons, why not?
-Got a fever and so had to go home at midnight. Mom and Dad, don´t worry, it was only 99.4 F and I think it was because I was dehydrated because the next morning I felt great.
-Went to Quito Antiguo, the "Old Town" for you English speakers (¿how are the Spanish lessons so far, Dad?). We went to one huge and awesome cathedral and two churches. And when my family asked me what they were called I had to go by description because I had no clue. It went a little like this:
Cecilia: ¿A que catedrales fuiste?
Me: Uhh... Uno era cubierto en oro. Y uno era enorme, y caminamos al parte mas alta del catedral. Y uno era muy antiguo y tenia un olor de cosas viejas.
Cecilia: Oh, to fuiste a (insert names of cathedrals here), pero todos los catedrales son muy viejos.
We never really figured out the name of the third church. But by "un olor de cosas viejas" I meant that it smelled like Grandma Werner´s basement. But older. But apparently that doesn´t translate well into Spanish.
-Went to an amazing panaderia with Becca and Nora called HONEY & Honey (but everyone here just calls it "honey honey" and drank some badly needed black tea and pretended to do reading. The waiter flirted with Becca like crazy and gave her a long stemmed rose when we left. We´ve got to go back there, if for no other reason than because it´s highly entertaining.
-Helped make a collage for my oldest brother´s two year old (my oldest brother is in his 30s and married and so doesn´t live at the house) and played with said adorable two year old. He´s SO CUTE and when he left with his parents, he cheek kissed me but wouldn´t cheek kiss his aunt. I´ve got a new best friend. That´s right, a two year old.
-This morning, a really awesome historian/journalist talked to us about "Ecuador Hoy". He is my new favorite professor.
-Looked at some internship possibilities. I REALLY want one in Tena, a town in the oriente, which isn´t what I expected, but it allows you to explore OB/GYN, Peds, Internal Medicine, and Surgery, all of which I am considering doing, without actually risking my life. Awesome.
¡Hasta luego!

1 comment:

Connie said...

Hi Allie, big brother here.

I found your Xmas present (the B&N gift card) in the backseat of my car the other day. Do you want me to hang onto it until you get back, or give it to Mom and Dad for safekeeping?

Thanks!

-- Mark