Carrie and I have really enjoyed getting to spend time with some new friends here in Quito. Some of our new friends are Alex and Kyra (who you’ve probably seen in previous posts), Hillary (from the US), and Duc (pronounced…
Visiting the Doctor in Quito, Ecuador
I went to the doctor today. I haven’t eaten much in the past 8 days because
How to Make Canelazos: Como Hacen Canelazos
Alright, the instructions are in English, but the video is in Spanish. On our nighttime city tour with Simon Bolivar Spanish school, we stopped in a local place on a famous street in Quito for Canelazos. Canelazos are the drink…
A Night Tour of Quito, Ecuador: Pictures And Videos
Last week, we went on a night tour of Quito, Ecuador with our Spanish school, Simon Bolivar. I actually felt a little rushed through some of the locations, but we had a lot to see and not a lot of…
Videos of Our Quito Apartment: Ecuador
The three things we don’t like about our apartment in Quito: It’s a bit noisy It doesn’t have an oven It doesn’t have a washer and a dryer. Otherwise, we LOVE this place. So, we’ve made 2 videos to show…
Pictures of Quito From Our Balcony
Pictures of Quito from our balcony We got a new camera (which I love) for Christmas from our parents and families. There’s a problem with the lens (has a black smudge somewhere inside) which mysteriously appeared one day in Panama…
Cuatro Rosas
Jonathan sings cuatro rosas.
Teleferiqo, a gondola to 13,340 ft. in Quito, Ecuador
The teleferico, or teleferiqo, is a is a gondola that takes you from the west of Quito up volcan Pichincha in Quito, Ecuador. Tips for the teleferico include to get there early, which means catching a cheap taxi from wherever you are in Quito, take a picnic up the Teleferiqo because there are some amazing picnic stops at the top, and take a jacket because it’s a lot colder atop Pichincha than in Quito. El Telef
Weird Food: Eating Cuy (Guinea Pig) in Quito, Ecuador
On a Friday afternoon after Spanish class, Carrie and I paid $5 to take part in a tradition that is one of the 5 things you must do while in Ecuador. These pictures are from the tradition of eating cuy,…
Ecuador Has Huge Cabbages
An observation about cabbages in Quito, Ecuador. They’re HUGE! Take a look: