Today, we decided to join some of the local gringos at the Inca Lounge (the restaurant that has the amazing tacos). Everything was fine for the majority of the walk there, though it did start raining a little at some part. Then, when we were about five minutes away from the restaurant, it decided to start hailing. And not little tiny pieces, but ( Read more... )

So, there was some excitement tonight across the street from our apartment building tonight. It isn't abnormal to hear dogs barking and car horns going at random hours of the night, but while my dad and I were watching a movie, there was a dog that was going crazy along with a bunch of people talking and a siren all at the same time. We decided to ( Read more... )

My dad and I had our first Spanish lesson this morning at the Simon Bolivar school in Cuenca and it was interesting...

First of all, I didn't sleep much or very well last night. Since we came down here, I've been going to bed between 1 and 3 in the morning and waking up between 10 and noon. Well, the lesson starts at 8 am, so I had to get up at 6:45 ( Read more... )

Today is our last day of just straight relaxation for a while...it's kind of sad, but good at the same time since we're starting Spanish lessons tomorrow. I'm not looking forward to the fact that they start at 8 in the morning, but whatever. It'll be good to learn some especially since we're going to be in Ecuador until August 2nd.

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Here are a few more pictures from our trip to Ecuador:

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Now that my computer is back up and running correctly and it is now letting me save pictures, I have some Ecuador pictures to share if anyone is interested.

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My dad and I are in Ecuador and are still trying to get used to things like the altitude and our apartment. We've generally gotten things sorted out and have cooked multiple times in our kitchen since we got here. All those times, the food came out well, but dinner tonight could only be described as a complete cooking fail. (We were trying to  make ( Read more... )

We arrived in Quito, Ecuador about 2 hours ago (it's now 1 in the morning here). Our flight out of Atlanta was took off late because of the weather and we had to wait on the plane for an extra hour or so before we were finally cleared for take off ( Read more... )

I feel like it's been a long time since I've posted anything, but things have been weird and crazy recently ( Read more... )