Oh man so it has been such a whirlwind for the past two days. But the good news is that I now live in Ecuador without any major hangups. Awesome. SO I suppose I will start from the beginning...
I got to the Portland Airport and ended up talking to a lady who is a missionary in Quito, and it turns out that her husband´s parents live in the gorge (the Hansens??) Anyways, after our chat at the airport and on both planes, she gave me her phone number and told me if I needed anything I could call her. Fantastic. She lives close, is American, and knows all about Quito. Yay :)
In other news, someone puked on my plane and it stunk for two hours. Most miserable flight ever.
When we got here, a bus picked us up and we went to the hotel and pretty much just went to bed. It´s not a fantastic hotel, but it will do for a while. There are five others here with me right now and the rest come tonight.
This morning we woke up and went down to breakfast of bread, coconut juice and scrambled eggs. Then we went and walked around the city for a while and met up with a lady that one of the girls knew; she took us around a little bit and showed us where the malls were and some other things. And for those of you who still believe burrows are the major method of transportation, this city is just as modern as Portland is. So there.
After our long walk, we went back to the hotel to take naps, which was amazing. And when we woke up we came to this internet cafe to send some emails home. After this we are going back to the hotel for dinner (my first Ecuadorian meal!) and then we may go to the bars, but I think more than likely I might be staying in with pj´s and a Spanish book.
Tomorrow, we get picked up at 9:30, and we have safety lectures and tours of the school and we meet and go home with our host family. I can´t wait.
So I would have to say that I officially love it here. Love and miss you all!
PS If you mail me anything, send chocolate chips. My missionary friend would love some and you can´t buy them here.
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