What A Wonderful World

Well, these past days have been busy. Saturday for the day I went into Old Quito (or as the locals call it, Quito Central) to look at the churches. The churches here are amazing, they are all made from pan de oro, which is a type of gold. They are pretty amazing, and the thing is, although there are several in one block, not one is the same. At night my friends and I went to this amazing bar called Dragonfly. I had the drink of the house, Dragonfly, and it was amazing. I´ll tell you, its nice to go out and not have to worry about whether or not I have ID on me, it is really going to suck when I come back to the US and realize they´re really anal about the drinking age.
Sunday I ate lunch at my brother in laws parents house. I had this amazing meat, I don´t know what it was but it was good. Afterward, I went to Panecillo with my sister and brother in law and two of his friends, which is a hill that harbors the statue of the Virgen of Quito. The view from the top of the statue was amazing. Since we were in the Old Quito, we wanted to check out this photograph display that was at the library. It was the best of the photographs taken over the year, including many disturbing pics of the Iraq war and Darfur. After that, I went back to their house, had some drinks and hung out with their friends. I stayed at their house because my parents were gone overnight and the doorman was out sick, and they didn´t want me in a house with no doorman and nobody else home.
Today I went to Puembo, a cute pueblo outside Quito. We went to a resort there for the day. My brother in law, sister, and their friends know the owner and so we got to use the pool, jacuzzi, steam room, and sauna for free, along with free drinks and food. It was pretty neat. The only bad thing is that the place closes the pool and everything else at dusk, which was at 6:30, so we had to come back to Quito. We were going to go to my sister and brother in laws house for some drinks, but his friends were being babies and went to bed early. Being hungry, we went looking for food, but since it is Carnaval, nothing is open. So we went to Burger King and drove around after looking for night clubs, but again they were all closed. So we stayed home, and here I am writing this.
And for those of you that don´t know, Carnaval is a three day celebration before Lent begins, in which they eat meat, party, and drink, because they can´t do that for the next 40 days. Or I should say they aren´t supposed to, because they still do that anyway. It´s like Mardi Gras in the US, except not as crazy. In fact, Quito is a ghost town because everyone goes to the beach.
Be sure to check out my pics of this weekend with the link in the corner!
¡Chao!

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