Friday, October 23, 2009
Quito in 24 hours
Hello friends,
So we just realized yesterday morning (I am not sure if you are all aware) that Jeff and I bought one-way tickets to Ecuador. Was this an inside joke that we missed….hilarious.
Really though, we are in fine shape: we ended up missing our connecting flight in Miami but were pleased to find out that there was another one to Quito in a few hours. We arrived to our hostel with our bags and no problems. The owners are friendly and the hostel is sparse, just the way we like it.
Today and yesterday was spent walking around Quito, ate Ecuadorian food, drank their beer, and contemplated how we can make this or someplace close our home. Quito is an ok big city; so far we have not fallen in love with it (we are small towners as much as we might not want to admit it). We went to the botanical gardens today and saw beautiful orchids and got off the smoggy street for awhile. If you want our first impression, it is that we probably will move on from here, maybe Cuenca early next week. However, we do have plans to meet my old teacher on Saturday so maybe she will show us why she has chosen Quito over any other place.
We are happy, we are humble, we are on adventure and will have a great time no matter what happens.
Lindsay (Red)
P.S. there is a four-legger at the hostel. His name is Rocco and his is clean and Jeff can pet him.
So we just realized yesterday morning (I am not sure if you are all aware) that Jeff and I bought one-way tickets to Ecuador. Was this an inside joke that we missed….hilarious.
Really though, we are in fine shape: we ended up missing our connecting flight in Miami but were pleased to find out that there was another one to Quito in a few hours. We arrived to our hostel with our bags and no problems. The owners are friendly and the hostel is sparse, just the way we like it.
Today and yesterday was spent walking around Quito, ate Ecuadorian food, drank their beer, and contemplated how we can make this or someplace close our home. Quito is an ok big city; so far we have not fallen in love with it (we are small towners as much as we might not want to admit it). We went to the botanical gardens today and saw beautiful orchids and got off the smoggy street for awhile. If you want our first impression, it is that we probably will move on from here, maybe Cuenca early next week. However, we do have plans to meet my old teacher on Saturday so maybe she will show us why she has chosen Quito over any other place.
We are happy, we are humble, we are on adventure and will have a great time no matter what happens.
Lindsay (Red)
P.S. there is a four-legger at the hostel. His name is Rocco and his is clean and Jeff can pet him.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
38 hours and counting
I don't know who to start our first blog. There is so much I want to say but can't find the words for. I am going to have to get over this if this blog is going to be successful (and I am committed to this being successful). I guess you are reading this because you want to know where we are and how we're doing. Well, we haven't left yet for Ecuador but the day is approaching fast which is why I am now typing this instead of actually preparing. Procrastination wins again. We are doing really good. Wow, I am not being very interesting right now. I promise that I will get better at this so that you will want to keep checking in and reading. It will be easier when we are actually on our adventure.
All I really want for this first blog (besides making sure that it works) is to tell everybody how much we love them and how great you guys all are. We are very lucky to have such great friends and family. By far the hardest part of leaving is leaving all of you. We will really miss everybody and want to keep in touch. So please leave comments whenever you want on here or send us an email. Just because we will be in Ecuador doesn't we don't want to know all about whats going on here. Thanks everyone for everything.
Jeff
All I really want for this first blog (besides making sure that it works) is to tell everybody how much we love them and how great you guys all are. We are very lucky to have such great friends and family. By far the hardest part of leaving is leaving all of you. We will really miss everybody and want to keep in touch. So please leave comments whenever you want on here or send us an email. Just because we will be in Ecuador doesn't we don't want to know all about whats going on here. Thanks everyone for everything.
Jeff
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