Fly Away With A Condor : Week Number 11

Hola

My memory are getting bad, I hardly remember what i did this week or else I just do not much?
Well at least I remember a lot of small sweet things/stories, that has made my week so much better...

Monday was not that fun though, I was sick! Tuesday normal school.

Wednesday:
I went on a class trip to Quito, but not with my class. I went together with Arnetta and Lucas's class from Ibarra. I was invited by one of their friends, Andres. They have a very nice class, but it's different compared to my class in Otavalo, don't know how to explain.
We went in a private bus, and I can promise you they know how to throw a party in a bus!
First we went to the TelefériQo. It was nice going there again, because the weather was so much better and you could actually see Quito from the top. It was a little bit cold, but so pretty!

Quito

More Quito

I went out, where not to go...

When I had to take the lifted down, I had to sit in another one than Arnetta and her friends. So I sat together with with a family from Canada that was on a one month vacation in Ecuador, and they were such a nice family. They had a two years old boy and he was the most adorable kid ever! He spoke more Spanish than English.

After the TelefériQo, we went to south Quito and ate lunch in a big mall. I also had some things to do in Quito that Wednesday so unfortunately I had to say goodbye to the group and take a taxi back to north Quito.

It's a pretty long and expensive taxi ride from south to north Quito, but I got into a taxi with a really nice man and we stared talking in Spanish of course - Felt like a boss! I explained that I haven't been sightseeing that much in Quito, so for free he gave me a sightseeing tour around in Quito.
When I get out of the taxi he gave me the hand and wished me good luck for my entire life. Sweet people do exist.

The view from a roof top!

Same night another sweet thing happened...
So I was sitting outside in front of a McDonald's (free wifi) and waiting for a friend. Then this guy came with two ice creams and pointed at the free chairs at my table and I thought Oh in a minuted his girlfriend is coming, so of course I said yes, because all the other tables was taken. But no girlfriend came, instead he gave me the ice cream and said it was for me. I was quite confused and asked why. And as sweet as he was, he replied with "I was on my way home and then I walked by you and I thought why is such a pretty girl sitting alone? How can I talk with her? Of course I buy her ice cream!" Well and that was how I met Cristóbal from the US, who has been living in Quito for seven years.

Thursday:
I stayed in Quito to Thursday, because I was supposed to see a TV show begging recorded in Quito Thursday morning, but unfortunately it was canceled. I was going to see it with Andres, because his brother works there, but I'm invited to see it some other time. So instead I slept almost the whole day and first at lunch time did I do something. I went out with my host brother and one of his friends.
At 5pm it was time for me to go home. I took the bus home with Andres.
On the way home he tired to teach me words with R and RR, but it's just so damn hard! I can never get that Spanish RR right... To me it sounds the exact same when people say Pero (but) and Perro (dog) or Caro (expensive) and Carro (car), but when I said apparently there is a big different?

Friday:
Back in school... Our drawing teacher had invited the whole grade to a opening art night in Ibarra and of course we went! It was very fancy they served red/white wine, small bits and everybody was nice dressed. After the art thing, we where a big group of hungry people so we all went to some bar in Ibarra. It was a good night and it was nice to hangout with some of the girls, outside school.

My teacher is the third person from right

Dany, Eri, Diana and me

Saturday:

I had to get up early Saturday, because Diana would take me to the market of animals. We were going, because I want to see a lama, but no lama's that Saturday, but I saw some other animals.

The market

Just another animal...

We finished the market quickly and went home to Diana. Diana lives the most wonderful place on earth. Her house is 15 minutes away from Otavalo, but it's so nice and quiet. Her house or houses (yes there is more than one house) has a HUGE garden and her family grows so many different kinds of vegetables and fruits. They have 31 chickens and they lay green and blue eggs. So Diana made me a omelet made of green eggs, it was very good! Later that day came Dany and we just chilled the rest of the day together.

This is Diana's view from her house!

Fresh passionfruit

Diana <3

The green eggs, are not green inside...

Sunday:
So today I have been cocking Danish food, for my family. I made meatloaf, with brown sauce, soft fried onions and potatoes. It was very good to have something Danish and something without rice! When I told my host mom that we weren't going to eat rice today, I swear she saw her life passing buy in pictures! No rice, no meal.

Food in the making!

My lovely kitchen cat

It always lays on the radio

After lunch we went to Lago Cuicocha, it was cloudy and cold, but so pretty! My family promised to take me there again, but on a day where the sun shines - Already looking forward to go back.