I am in an internet place called Papayanet right now, typing for a dollar an hour. Here is what has been happening:
Yesterday, Grace (a friend who is a nursing student at the UMN), Nora (a Grinnellian from Virginia) and I went to the Teleferico, which is this gondola that goes to the top of the highest mountain in Quito and that overlooks the whole city. Mom and Dad, when you are in Quito I am sending you there because it is one of the most beautiful views I have ever soon. That said, It was COLD up there and poor Grace didn´t realize how cold it would be so she just was wearing a T shirt and skirt and pretty much everyone else was wearing winter jackets, more or less. After she was sick of freezing her ass off, we went into a cafe and got a coffee with cream and amaretto for $2. It was so worth it. Then, we went to Gringolandia and ate some dinner at a place where I got an amazing falafel sandwich for $1.50. Also worth it. That night in the Mariscal (=Gringolandia)we found a bar called Shooters which had a five liter thing of beer for $10 which was shared amongst 5 people. Except I´m not that big of a beer person, so, again Mom and Dad, I definitely didn´t drink my two dollars´worth. The company was nice, and I got to chatwith people I hadn´t bonded with before. After that, we pretty much went home.
Today Cecilia took me to the Mitad del Mundo, and it was alright because it had a pretty cool museum about the indigenous in Ecuador, but was mostly memorable for its delicious ice cream that rivaled Sebastian Joe´s, or at least I´ll tell myself that to make it taste better to me. Then I got home and my mom fed me Chinese food that really tasted like American Chinese food. Which was so surprisingly pleasant because it reminded me of Chuong Garden.
Which brings me to now, in the Papayanet, with the Superbowl pregame show playing on the tv. Wahoo! I´m not going to watch it though. I have a lot to read tonight and I have to write a paper in Spanish about one Ecuadorian custom that has changed over the years. I think it will be both boring and hard to write because things change slowly here. And because I really I am still learning about Ecuadorian culture in the first place. So I´d better go write.
I miss you all, and hope to hear from you soon!
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Hi, I am leaving this comment before the big football game. I don't know which team is going to win, just that I hope it will be a good game. Sounds like an interesting time down there. Take care and wish you the best.
Hey Allie -- Sorry I haven't been writing you messages! I just don't really have anything to write. If you take the part of your post where you talk about writing an essay, and subtract all the fun parts, where you talk about going to cool places and hanging out at bars with your friends, that is pretty much what my life is like right now. Ecuador sounds way funner.
I was actually in the library at school when the Superbowl started today, but I did get home before it was over. We didn't turn it on, though, because we already knew the Bears were losing, because no one was honking their horn or yelling a lot.
We made lots of food for our pre-Cana class tonight. So, um, you can be jealous that we have homemade pita chips and eggplant dip and spiced pepitas.
Glad you're having a good time!
Love,
Krissy
I love Sebastian Joe's! And you, of course.
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