The past few days have been suprisingly routine. We wake up and eat breakfast with our host family(always the same spread of: warm agua de flores, a fresh fruit bowl, granola, bread with butter and marmelade, and Coffee). After breakfast we walk 25 minutes into the city center for class which starts at 8:30. There we learn hard for 4 hours, with a little break, getting done at 12:30. We dilly dally for a few minutes, then usually get back to the house at 1 or just after for almuerso(lunch). After gorging on a big 3 course lunch (biggest meal of the day in Ecuador), we read at the house for a minute and head back to school or a cafe to do our homework and study spanish. Every evening there is an activity at the school which we usually attend, be it salsa lessons, cooking class, a lecture on ecuatorian politics, or a city tour. Then we walk back home for dinner at 7:30 or 8, finish our homework, read our books and have been in bed by about 10:30. All of this with relatively few variations.
One variation was on Tuesday. Vanessa´s 26th birthday. Conchita (our host mom) made a delicious chocolate cake with a cerme broule topping, and the family and I sang happy birthday after an extra awesome shrimp lunch. After an afternoon massage and cooking class in the evening, 8 or 9 kids from school (and all over the world) joined us at a nice Italian restaurant, La Viña, for dinner. The food, as is the standard here, was good and cheap. There, we got a few liters of the house wine to pass around with the meal and had a dandy time with our new little group of friends we´ve made in the last couple weeks. For a night cap we went to the apartment of some friends from Australia and played cards till after 1 am. Good times!
Tomorrow, with the same group of people, we are bussing south to a little town called Villcabamba, in the ¨Valley of Longevity¨. Not too sure what the weekend holds, but it sounds like fun. More upon our return. for now. Ciao
M & V
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YAY! I am soooo happy you had a great birthday Mini! I thought of you!
Ty, Ben and I were actually going to go break into your house and invite the whole town over to celebrate your birthday at your place. We were going to hang streamers, balloons, and a Happy Birthday sign up in the living room - then shoot a picture to send your way to let you know we were thinkin of you.
Anyways....you might now find it that funny - but it was hilarious the other night when we were all talking about it.
Love you - thinkin about you - can't wait for you to come home!
xoxoxoxox
Tiff
Hola Amigos!
Feliz Cumpleaños (Tarde), Vanessa!
Yo creo que ustedes se divierten en Ecuador! Que bueno! Mi español es muy lento y dificil para mi. Que malo - necesito practicar mas...
Pero ahora necesito regresar a trabajo!
Hasta la proxima vez,
Sra. Karen
Happy Birthday Vanessa! Looks like you guys are having an amazing time. Can't wait to see you and all of the pictures when you get home. Maybe you can host a slide show/cooking class in Spanish when you get home??? Miss you guys--we send our love!
Besitos y Abrazos,
Drea & Chris
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