So I have officially been in school a week, and its going well I guess. I mean, it´s school, what more can I say? It is nice though, I am done classes by 12:30 and I have the rest of the day to do whatever I want. It´s nice.
Yesterday I went to the Mitad del Mundo, or the place in which the equator runs through. It was a good day to go because there were many Ecuatorian families there. I did the typical corny tourist thing of sticking my foot in both hemispheres, and taking pictures of my doing so. Besides that, there were cute little artesan shops that I liked to browse through. I didn´t buy anything besides I knew it was a tourist trap and could get the same things in Quito for cheaper. You can bargain at the artesan shops in Quito, and you can´t at touristy spots because they are used to the tourists that don´t know you can or don´t know Spanish well enough. Speaking of which, my friends and I got a good laugh out of this couple that was attempting to speak Spanish, but it was so bad it was funny.
I also tried ginea pig for lunch. It was interesting. It had teeth, eyes, and claws. It was actually pretty good, despite that. I won´t be getting it again because it was expensive, but it was good to at least try it. We also got ice cream, and I´ll tell you, any place in which you can get ice cream for $0,80 for two scoops is a great place to go get ice cream. Delicious!
I really haven´t done anything else here, mainly because I figure I´ll be here for a few more months and I will have nothing to do if I see it all before then. But, I have made a list of things I have wanted to do, like to to the top of Mount Pinchincha, El Panicello, and see the gold plated churches in the old part of Quito. You can look for many more adventures to come! From now on I am going to sign my posts with Chao, which is chow, the way everybody says goodbye here.
¡Chao!
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