We have to go to school while we're here?

Start this off with the best picture of the day:

We had some super classy boxed-wine at the end of the day. It was terrible, so nobody had more than half a glass (or Styrofoam cup, in this case). Another great night of hanging out though! We find a way to laugh at the most ridiculous things.

Thus far I’ve gathered that time is treated differently in Ecuador than in Canada… People are often 15 minutes late, for example. It will take a bit of getting used to, but nothing we can’t handle… Today was a surprise because instead of the keener Canadians being early for events, we were late! Unfortunately, since our schedule said 8:50, we were not on time to meet our Spanish professor at 8:00! I suppose it is better to have misunderstandings now rather than when classes begin. 

The reading for this semester will be insane!!! The two phone-book sized reading packets are for one class only (not including supplemental readings) and all the little textbooks are for the other. 

The Spanish will be very intense to start off, which is great for our learning. For the month of September, we have 9 hours of Spanish class per week (not including homework of course).

Lunch was so great. After our morning session of meeting teachers, I had a Chilean empanada and LOVED it. Yum!

In the afternoon, after learning all about current political events in Ecuador (SUPER INTERESTING), I got really sick. At least I got the bug out of me!



We all got laminated photos of our passports (to carry around as our IDs) in a small and cramped store. 

We went to Super-Maxi and had to take photos because there were SO many people there! What do people from Quito do on Wednesday night? Go to the supermarket. 

As you can see from the photo at the very beginning, we are getting to know each other very quickly. 13 is a great number of people because there are enough to have a variety of activities going on at the same time, but we can still do things together. 

That's it for now,
-L

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