Waaah! I am here, I am alive, and life is beautiful! I am currently on my lunch break, so I only have a couple of minutes, but I will try to type quickly in order to give you all a full update! The flights to Quito went very smoothly. We stayed in a hostel for the first night where they served us a delicious dinner. On Tuesday, we lugged all of our suitcases to CIMAS (that´s school) for orientation, and moved in with our families in the afternoon. My host mom is more like a grandma, her name is Mary. Her and I live in her house, while her daughter (Nancy), daughter´s husband (Manuel), and her grandson (Pablo) live in a part of the house that is sort of connected, I don´t see them much though. I have also met another one of Mary´s sons, Mauricio. He has two children, Brenda who is 12, and Brian who is 18. They are absolutely wonderful. Everyone is so caring and warm here, which is definetly a wonderful feeling.
The first week was sort of difficult. It was hard to become comfortable when living with just one person and dealing with the language barrier, but I have opended up and am starting to feel much more comfortable with my host mom.
This past weekend was amazing. We visited a place called San Miguel de los Bancos. I can´t wait to post photos...it is SO gorgeous. We took a walk through the forest...the mountains and everything was SO GREEN. This country is so unbelievably diverse. Anyway, so the walk! We walked to a river where there was a breathtaking waterfall and a place to swim in the river. Seriously. Breathtaking.
It´s time to go to class, but I love you all and hope that everything is going well. Please, leave messages! Tell me stories! Email me!
Love!
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where should I email you at? your school email? maybe?
Bryan
It is good to hear you are enjoying it. I am applying for my study abroad right now. You should let me know what you think about living with a host family because I am not sure what living option I am going to choose. Your post is making me really excited to go. Good luck and I am looking forward to hearing more about your trip.
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