Saturday, June 4, 2011
Llegado
Woohoo!! I'm finally here! After 24 hours of standing in line, sitting on planes and waiting in airports I am now sitting in a little internet cafe after eating an empanada from a little tienda. The flights were pretty uneventful, but mostly they were long. The interesting things that happened were once we actually got to Quito. Tyler, one of the other students, procured us a "taxi" that in reality was just a random guy's van. We all just ran with it though, and even though he initially took us to the wrong hotel, we eventually got to our destination, and it was cheaper than a taxi and we got a free map of Quito (that we are pretty sure he had gotten for free anyway). The most exciting thing that happened was breakfast. We went to a little cafe that ended up being heavily influenced by European cuisine (they had schnitzl). They had the absolute best honey I've ever had, ever! I don't even know how to describe how good it was, but I had it over a fresh crepe. The only other thing we've done is sleep in our hotel for about 5 hours to recover from sleep deprivation. No jet lag, since there is only an hour difference between here and Salt Lake. Well, thats all for now.
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David, even though I did not serve in Quito, just hearing your empanada and your cab ride brings back so many memories. I only know 2 words in quichua, well I don't know how to spell them but, they are work and brother. I am looking forward to more of your adventures in the country that I love. Make sure that you have arroz con menestra, patacones, carne asada, and jugo de maracuya. Also eat the caldo de bolos, and the yapingachu. Also eat the ceviche de camerones, but don't put the salsa de tomate in it, I think its best without it, but you may love it. Ok I guess try all the food, it all rocks. The aji however, if it is in the really skinny bottle it hot hot hot. I used to only use just a drop. Ok I'm stopping now, I couldn't control my self. Have fun.
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