tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82450065149587162502024-02-06T20:11:51.141-08:00Just a Hop, Skip, and a JumpJust a hop, skip, and a jumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01564894794942687221noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245006514958716250.post-51605367117716990922011-12-25T16:01:00.000-08:002011-12-25T16:01:59.039-08:00Feliz Navidad!!!So its is Christmas in Ecuador.<br />
On the eve of Christmas ever we became Santa's special elves and cooked until we dropped!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my exploding coffee cake! forgot about the altitude rules!</td></tr>
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</div>Just a hop, skip, and a jumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01564894794942687221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245006514958716250.post-25976667591220988822011-12-23T05:20:00.000-08:002011-12-23T05:20:54.287-08:00Santo Domingo (the farm)The boys and I went to the family farm. The girls were party poopers and didn't want to come!<br />
The drive there takes about 2.5 hours. and it is all windy streets around the mountains.<br />
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</tbody></table>The outer shell is very easy to open and it naturally splits open when ripe and drying out. The inner shell is very hard to crack. We used our inner man strength and a rock! so delicious!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUdPkC3kJ5zd-8bTbca4fvwf7zJ8SpRY4Z9W7VkmJe7-373Pp76e9acQOd9X5UvJPtuBO_oXWUWAHjyCOk7H5eFPSgx1YgBhZdUX7fUW5ClMu1SAUx2LxiMQLwtg59FY9j95GvzAdZFNdh/s1600/IMG_1605.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUdPkC3kJ5zd-8bTbca4fvwf7zJ8SpRY4Z9W7VkmJe7-373Pp76e9acQOd9X5UvJPtuBO_oXWUWAHjyCOk7H5eFPSgx1YgBhZdUX7fUW5ClMu1SAUx2LxiMQLwtg59FY9j95GvzAdZFNdh/s320/IMG_1605.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The farm has mostly cocoa trees. The trees that contain the seeds that make chocolate. He has so many species and kinds of trees</div><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The View of the mountains was beautiful in the morning.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6cxJyTqDxFpNT9rjo1F6nIyqzF5VO62_52isL5UZ05eA8EsfjunStjA2JmwBZF3CH6U_xTCnoh1nDZc8gB4HBkHwCYtnZl8AqUsq5QByOaUHG5Y-lRh6o3hlA97uIp9IUXQ32a_iHQ1HM/s1600/IMG_1529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6cxJyTqDxFpNT9rjo1F6nIyqzF5VO62_52isL5UZ05eA8EsfjunStjA2JmwBZF3CH6U_xTCnoh1nDZc8gB4HBkHwCYtnZl8AqUsq5QByOaUHG5Y-lRh6o3hlA97uIp9IUXQ32a_iHQ1HM/s320/IMG_1529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then we headed off into the jungle!. We were completely just trudging through no path to follow. We used a machete to cut through the foliage in order to continue forward. Our guide told us to chew this plant that he called lechuga de la Selva (lettuce of the jungle) but we were not allowed to swallow it. So we did!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmn5pkbaxnA3A_Lu8yj4ta5ahJkHp8wBrEI0CsgjkCsBuCj99fcAqkuK2pmrNSL3-uOKY5VSQYUb_MUbHSndTKs1pR7tdlZQF-L4HfQ4ivc8BgM8utCu-fs-A5wM4sTpJuvHvry4M2yJd1/s1600/112_3765.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmn5pkbaxnA3A_Lu8yj4ta5ahJkHp8wBrEI0CsgjkCsBuCj99fcAqkuK2pmrNSL3-uOKY5VSQYUb_MUbHSndTKs1pR7tdlZQF-L4HfQ4ivc8BgM8utCu-fs-A5wM4sTpJuvHvry4M2yJd1/s320/112_3765.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It Turned out tongues blue! And not like a lollipop blue but it stayed that way for 2 days!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then we found this tree that had green fruit on it. The bark has a milky substance in it that helps with headaches and sinus problems. So what did we do we tried it of course.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOpAbBC3Thdxnbu8Z_2pAZnjzp2QlusWnczoftnxTJhRsQ40YmBuvxWLWkmDK0JyBMFW0CNWmqg9bvKmQOuZJThSsjR7S7BCMtTG7ynDuDpcMJQdQ3Z8TAOXHdV9PcLyqsxKCtoWB3B2B0/s1600/112_3862.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOpAbBC3Thdxnbu8Z_2pAZnjzp2QlusWnczoftnxTJhRsQ40YmBuvxWLWkmDK0JyBMFW0CNWmqg9bvKmQOuZJThSsjR7S7BCMtTG7ynDuDpcMJQdQ3Z8TAOXHdV9PcLyqsxKCtoWB3B2B0/s200/112_3862.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5Y48HMpLMcTCpvyUdDa9zROpXylhmIUBbPkKiyH8DmOStXBAPQU_s8roUhjoWFwsXKNtM0YBpEpve8ifjBtrSKZxZRgUvv6ZQDLoLZqnGZXFk3uVJMcE1cxdYnZHGBvch81gLEn0fb6g/s1600/112_3864.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5Y48HMpLMcTCpvyUdDa9zROpXylhmIUBbPkKiyH8DmOStXBAPQU_s8roUhjoWFwsXKNtM0YBpEpve8ifjBtrSKZxZRgUvv6ZQDLoLZqnGZXFk3uVJMcE1cxdYnZHGBvch81gLEn0fb6g/s200/112_3864.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We added a bit of water and made a soup like substance. Then you have to snort it like you would a nasal spray. When you do it, it burns everything. And your sinus cavities drain completely. I had snot poring from my nose for 10 minutes. If was awful but when it finally stopped I was amazed. I could breath i had no pressure it was AMAZING!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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Then we went to an Indian reserve!<br />
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First we needed a spa treatment so we had a mud facial!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyytZpUa7MJGVBdhKYWRRVtvE9dOohrxPsSHzRDfeaXLNL0tmZRhRNdzcj1fI5J8Gk4lVpU735BZs9w5XpqbdbAEMcoCOIFJ8lKWc69Nw1zCEyg-pzp8ialnGhgVMFk4TsZyIojQKqjBCN/s1600/IMG_1463.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyytZpUa7MJGVBdhKYWRRVtvE9dOohrxPsSHzRDfeaXLNL0tmZRhRNdzcj1fI5J8Gk4lVpU735BZs9w5XpqbdbAEMcoCOIFJ8lKWc69Nw1zCEyg-pzp8ialnGhgVMFk4TsZyIojQKqjBCN/s320/IMG_1463.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we needed to have a spa massage.. so we went into the waterfall and had the water pound on our back!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_z-Vz5nqZN5ZN1-sznLiTHG5Iy26uyYPsFBe3K-EW9bqXaCASnyxBmAplZOpgqCP4x1Hj-HWvJoXpOVXhH-B9TLhSlpLzWTSsY8Lo3t5hyphenhyphenyAZx1zOyrkutxMygDi_MjBz3TmX0bdw4-VA/s1600/IMG_1468.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_z-Vz5nqZN5ZN1-sznLiTHG5Iy26uyYPsFBe3K-EW9bqXaCASnyxBmAplZOpgqCP4x1Hj-HWvJoXpOVXhH-B9TLhSlpLzWTSsY8Lo3t5hyphenhyphenyAZx1zOyrkutxMygDi_MjBz3TmX0bdw4-VA/s320/IMG_1468.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After our guide was a stylist and a massage therapist.. he became a doctor. I complained of a sore throat so he took us to a tree and told me to eat some termites!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2hBH3HNqDoVbXJlRSwp89wStUgTDvkawC0W07KuLiY5EnLbAQDGi3kmtrpUQW-OiQvjreD0twy0RpCs2svBLFOKH534gYcQreeOFu1lbvj7dipzwuBKE9aYI8IAUeNVpHgF2ktskDQcxv/s1600/IMG_1483.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2hBH3HNqDoVbXJlRSwp89wStUgTDvkawC0W07KuLiY5EnLbAQDGi3kmtrpUQW-OiQvjreD0twy0RpCs2svBLFOKH534gYcQreeOFu1lbvj7dipzwuBKE9aYI8IAUeNVpHgF2ktskDQcxv/s320/IMG_1483.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we hiked up a mountain to see a birds eye view of the jungle. We found a rope and decided to swing over the jungle. Absolutely terrifying but worth it. And of course i was the first to go because I am the bravest.. especially when compared to the boys!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJv8zwFUU6SfY8V4XucRdamOcy3X0du2dJitf7Sd18Q8w97ECKezs8b_YSSLHOPTjbdtxMACan9GXV6uZHUN8ckt66etoi617LirXvP0F3yoNYKNd7OIZ_krLrPvMImKbUBfntbKslhHz0/s1600/IMG_1497.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJv8zwFUU6SfY8V4XucRdamOcy3X0du2dJitf7Sd18Q8w97ECKezs8b_YSSLHOPTjbdtxMACan9GXV6uZHUN8ckt66etoi617LirXvP0F3yoNYKNd7OIZ_krLrPvMImKbUBfntbKslhHz0/s320/IMG_1497.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">beautiful view form the mountain top!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyl38E2Rg8OpGcl58XMuusjM1FMETHtGNb486uqBUSME-5Atx6wED5nC9JEQ1VFvewilOV3vH1xEuR-_zDKCQNvIlCXsPj9z-XtsUbz_UG75E9bRYHmhS8F1RwO7HruAkBDv8d9iHJHTCG/s1600/IMG_1517.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyl38E2Rg8OpGcl58XMuusjM1FMETHtGNb486uqBUSME-5Atx6wED5nC9JEQ1VFvewilOV3vH1xEuR-_zDKCQNvIlCXsPj9z-XtsUbz_UG75E9bRYHmhS8F1RwO7HruAkBDv8d9iHJHTCG/s320/IMG_1517.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then it was time for bed. We slept in a bungalo!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJr6HDhyjZrywWWlIR0dc-pEdo6r5KD1mueGlBZR3gKmfKEPHSEVSMoXHLHxfUHTqw-QaAMTGmedF4_jepIHA_RhaHrtSUIgTv8TTFjWsFlOPEpPFyaF8rfTbryoj09k7fIshctKKUo7QA/s1600/IMG_1523.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJr6HDhyjZrywWWlIR0dc-pEdo6r5KD1mueGlBZR3gKmfKEPHSEVSMoXHLHxfUHTqw-QaAMTGmedF4_jepIHA_RhaHrtSUIgTv8TTFjWsFlOPEpPFyaF8rfTbryoj09k7fIshctKKUo7QA/s320/IMG_1523.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And we slept with mosquito nets! Some of us were better at it than others. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFdQP_wux9RGv0wR107gin-pa9ne6EWn2XdzUii_HwoiqqCjGQPHHkrTusMsKkCxSrWkGHrGkwxuTkPTSG8wHDzhi9xcfMSF40eZeXjAF5Ljvmerd6Gl630Z4k7_ewOAoHIzU-uXBObFR/s1600/IMG_1520.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFdQP_wux9RGv0wR107gin-pa9ne6EWn2XdzUii_HwoiqqCjGQPHHkrTusMsKkCxSrWkGHrGkwxuTkPTSG8wHDzhi9xcfMSF40eZeXjAF5Ljvmerd6Gl630Z4k7_ewOAoHIzU-uXBObFR/s320/IMG_1520.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Just a hop, skip, and a jumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01564894794942687221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245006514958716250.post-44613121362352403842011-12-12T14:04:00.000-08:002011-12-12T14:12:49.086-08:00Tuesday of Quito Days!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So Monday night we went over to Christin's place for some drinks and a couple games of Cuarenta. This game is very typical in Quito, especially during Quito Days (celebration of when Quito was Founded).</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Game is really simple once you know the Rules ( kind of of like Euchre in the way that if you do not know the rules you are completely lost until you understand and then it all clicks!)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Best part is that I won!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tuesday I woke up and did not even have time to be chuchaqui!! Lars and Cathy were waiting for me so we could go to Old Quito. First we went to a museum (El Museo De La Cuidad). It was an old hospital int eh 1500's to the early 1900's. Now it is a museum of the history of Quito. It is also the oldest building still standing in Quito!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjscm3NO_1B9HrEWyCrLA7SbRHTn6K9ekQU3-3nMJsGApor3obxrqJv1axnRLgAKYZD1enbRpi89tUcP8V6ALlkNhwL9_6vQEV2AgUDyT7QVX3CdWzjzIeDutVU1iIgRAzQjVyXeXExFHOJ/s1600/IMG_1337.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjscm3NO_1B9HrEWyCrLA7SbRHTn6K9ekQU3-3nMJsGApor3obxrqJv1axnRLgAKYZD1enbRpi89tUcP8V6ALlkNhwL9_6vQEV2AgUDyT7QVX3CdWzjzIeDutVU1iIgRAzQjVyXeXExFHOJ/s320/IMG_1337.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The church that is in the hospital now they have digital pictures that are a TV screen.. which means that they move. It is like being in a scary Harry Potter church...</span></div><br />
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First we made a friend....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtYDrNXcJ1fZ0igS6p4c0SZqHZd2jU_2xLrZZGWAcDzXKQf2yimjz_8kviwaSjPs1oOwk28I5DLRBkPu8gqnzCfwGYXFqRPZbO41hUR1ahLOt2pe7kAOz45Aie70mBIon0AQQNjYLtSCin/s1600/IMG_1243.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtYDrNXcJ1fZ0igS6p4c0SZqHZd2jU_2xLrZZGWAcDzXKQf2yimjz_8kviwaSjPs1oOwk28I5DLRBkPu8gqnzCfwGYXFqRPZbO41hUR1ahLOt2pe7kAOz45Aie70mBIon0AQQNjYLtSCin/s320/IMG_1243.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The hike was steep and very muddy, but the view was worth it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0lS1feKjyXgcfc2k-TpzGX82IpM_AS7B1nsQFHn065MmRAmLPPKOy4uoPQ-c97vj9Va1KBKTTpyuuGyrhwcvHH9ppZj_Vj9mb7gE0G1_64Mtbyr-hStCsi-K5vFS9fXrOti6i5ezRfppL/s1600/IMG_1249.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0lS1feKjyXgcfc2k-TpzGX82IpM_AS7B1nsQFHn065MmRAmLPPKOy4uoPQ-c97vj9Va1KBKTTpyuuGyrhwcvHH9ppZj_Vj9mb7gE0G1_64Mtbyr-hStCsi-K5vFS9fXrOti6i5ezRfppL/s200/IMG_1249.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2T9Vw6UY6HHsrBLfxykmyckqIebqYtZwCl7SRIjIlj_Q8Y4y_KMEPJgFL1WNoa2BLxhF1evAYhzQu3bkhv-bhbvnEZGfn4kLB_kD-mFVF4SLHx0lio-netwCTptCJkR-AhwwJ3ahQSB_/s1600/IMG_1252.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2T9Vw6UY6HHsrBLfxykmyckqIebqYtZwCl7SRIjIlj_Q8Y4y_KMEPJgFL1WNoa2BLxhF1evAYhzQu3bkhv-bhbvnEZGfn4kLB_kD-mFVF4SLHx0lio-netwCTptCJkR-AhwwJ3ahQSB_/s200/IMG_1252.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We only had a little bit left to go when we ran in to a wall of earth. The boys were hesitant to climb but I used the vines and flew up the incline! 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</div>Just a hop, skip, and a jumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01564894794942687221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245006514958716250.post-42382207631466286042011-12-04T07:27:00.000-08:002011-12-04T07:27:38.897-08:00Otavalo Adventures!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After a failed attempt to try to go to the cost this weekend.... We decided to take a day trip to Otavalo. I went with Mom dad and Melissa but because we have a small car the boys took the bus. The girls were kind of sick this week so they wanted to rest up today and they have already been with their familys. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QzY1O96W_e62cIgIg-0gQOK37zTtb71D3xFyijmHc598Z26WyxkrgMFvvprpkSY3ffsMImQV2eozxTtGATsH37TQw0lh4tmT0mOBJsec7vQmoKx8wdoE9YguMNmdBAqkstQM1Iw2KZKY/s1600/IMG_1192.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QzY1O96W_e62cIgIg-0gQOK37zTtb71D3xFyijmHc598Z26WyxkrgMFvvprpkSY3ffsMImQV2eozxTtGATsH37TQw0lh4tmT0mOBJsec7vQmoKx8wdoE9YguMNmdBAqkstQM1Iw2KZKY/s200/IMG_1192.JPG" width="148" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaGw-YWKugpCnh-d0aqRu0xFRbvNiOxR8eCxA80e3J6bSaiddAjgk5uLMLuwHJXfdD6agJEw5ouK1qA-LHt-J-oenp4KRswoLAgtndTGc-_hu1BEUnBECoSwlbmaEfNpgRjA1BJxi6P9y/s1600/shim.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaGw-YWKugpCnh-d0aqRu0xFRbvNiOxR8eCxA80e3J6bSaiddAjgk5uLMLuwHJXfdD6agJEw5ouK1qA-LHt-J-oenp4KRswoLAgtndTGc-_hu1BEUnBECoSwlbmaEfNpgRjA1BJxi6P9y/s1600/shim.gif" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was a 2 hour car ride... Usually only about 1 hour but traffic was horrible becasue of the holiday.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-smEpX5vacJyiSFyV_CNXW1WpXPSc1Xn9GHl4STWW67pMFLPcRnhzV6ZKA45FiyMmwbaddlWabk5qh4lFQ707wJprvw3FuXHM_F4m6WZyhJp_h_uXbNPxmDCaIHzGvFZrQlf8wpZE-SeA/s1600/images+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-smEpX5vacJyiSFyV_CNXW1WpXPSc1Xn9GHl4STWW67pMFLPcRnhzV6ZKA45FiyMmwbaddlWabk5qh4lFQ707wJprvw3FuXHM_F4m6WZyhJp_h_uXbNPxmDCaIHzGvFZrQlf8wpZE-SeA/s1600/images+%25282%2529.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we arrived we had to find the boys in the maze then we were completly overwhelmed. There are hundreds of stalls with things. And they all want you to buy from them. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpYmFkHP-vcoCABVuqFPJVW7dXJBjmX7V4i-ahJcn9bp40R-3XG7Fdi5OZdWj5zEJWJSrhsNw_D3yHOP43XZBJ_dMQWmnAR9gQOIqETWBFcCDoCn2Zpu8b-ae87NNcdkW0mivuvH_mryo/s1600/images+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpYmFkHP-vcoCABVuqFPJVW7dXJBjmX7V4i-ahJcn9bp40R-3XG7Fdi5OZdWj5zEJWJSrhsNw_D3yHOP43XZBJ_dMQWmnAR9gQOIqETWBFcCDoCn2Zpu8b-ae87NNcdkW0mivuvH_mryo/s400/images+%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The colors were magnificent there. There was so much to see and so much to buy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHDO4lXaykVTOkC45Bcub3nCbyas13FYqwIx3SEuIkstpTuDRIfpz00fBBl-jpJt9u-sxE3i6JwV4GF-Ol28FnCSn6AgBwn1FNssNAeBzLodN8VLqY7Z-sgoEEUxSttFnYghTzB0z_94r/s1600/Otavalo-Ecuador.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHDO4lXaykVTOkC45Bcub3nCbyas13FYqwIx3SEuIkstpTuDRIfpz00fBBl-jpJt9u-sxE3i6JwV4GF-Ol28FnCSn6AgBwn1FNssNAeBzLodN8VLqY7Z-sgoEEUxSttFnYghTzB0z_94r/s1600/Otavalo-Ecuador.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They have everything to textiles, to paintings, to little knick knacks, to food and grains.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis5bND5z-lqdUoFyaWn7khgPy3wd2WydwuEVU9fYPxir9thk1lMmjCDPbCprcp-4O4zE3X_gnkJQmkQ_NZDBSwFTKoJ0pXohk3iAX8pnyBh-NG7EuHWzhEujhdlhGToHvWM6Ch7-NJ5BEd/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis5bND5z-lqdUoFyaWn7khgPy3wd2WydwuEVU9fYPxir9thk1lMmjCDPbCprcp-4O4zE3X_gnkJQmkQ_NZDBSwFTKoJ0pXohk3iAX8pnyBh-NG7EuHWzhEujhdlhGToHvWM6Ch7-NJ5BEd/s1600/images.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had a little lunch then it started to pour! And it rained and rained and rained....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The god thing is that i got some Christmas shopping done! And I had Fun shopping.. that never happens. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkO-ablKDG8MvjunNQ2H6J4_8eFSq23kSlhA-WZwyETXJ03gtdr8whsw_OjUigeHSwYVX7eKL1_6BwJyMbm7fSqHGFQlXTvoO4zISZk94bsG4NwxrNPpGtgX8q9mGXcFgbxcd16Ai-6C3t/s1600/IMG_1201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkO-ablKDG8MvjunNQ2H6J4_8eFSq23kSlhA-WZwyETXJ03gtdr8whsw_OjUigeHSwYVX7eKL1_6BwJyMbm7fSqHGFQlXTvoO4zISZk94bsG4NwxrNPpGtgX8q9mGXcFgbxcd16Ai-6C3t/s320/IMG_1201.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We decided that we felt bad for the boys taking the bus so we all crammed into the car for the ride home. Not only were we squeezing but we were all soaking wet and exhausted!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUnP5erO3BkzPJqJ1l4iI0-DhyNCIJF2zmbP57GUnvTlghNe8Wt0PixN1ycYWx8oq0Qv5QGmZNUk4EBc-DJUKNMfggOakh2sHnQ4v7N_BBoeh3xeIAEu2JIJzMVPRIbQumbLp74qJgjJV/s1600/IMG_1204.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUnP5erO3BkzPJqJ1l4iI0-DhyNCIJF2zmbP57GUnvTlghNe8Wt0PixN1ycYWx8oq0Qv5QGmZNUk4EBc-DJUKNMfggOakh2sHnQ4v7N_BBoeh3xeIAEu2JIJzMVPRIbQumbLp74qJgjJV/s320/IMG_1204.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To break up the trip we stooped in a little place to have bizcoches and hot coco. The bizcoches are an Ecuadorian biscuit. They are really dry and are the best when soaked in the hot coco!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Just a hop, skip, and a jumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01564894794942687221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245006514958716250.post-39666767414753002662011-12-02T15:27:00.000-08:002011-12-02T15:27:40.286-08:00Fiestas de Quito.. At School!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We started the day just like any Friday with Happy hour! this is when every one brings in a breakfast food to pass.. usually a sweet. and we eat and drink together before the students get there.</span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then it was the Quito day assembly. This was put on by the 3rd grade classrooms (there are 9 3rd grade classrooms). </span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The religions walk carying the virgin</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The virgin at the top of the hill with teh angels. </span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then we were provided with a traditional Ecuadorian lunch!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After lunch we made a traditional snack with the kinders and danced a traditional dance!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvCaCGDb8AByOH56k_BdFpxLB67jkZOsmCRVBd76R-9tB6FCQOKG7UPhKPm22BLUwB_F4Su-tWg9-CK5BP-yvPkE4NhMkIQ3GLaO5V8j_Ad9M1OLfsXYKT_puY5b16Ck0e4FTWP292CkGR/s1600/IMG_1152.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvCaCGDb8AByOH56k_BdFpxLB67jkZOsmCRVBd76R-9tB6FCQOKG7UPhKPm22BLUwB_F4Su-tWg9-CK5BP-yvPkE4NhMkIQ3GLaO5V8j_Ad9M1OLfsXYKT_puY5b16Ck0e4FTWP292CkGR/s200/IMG_1152.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWhNO07WXvheJuygWMXKuyDGnwFDUmu_TG_XAoA8cC1eTsBn7v1ynGfFYdoJWG68QVdzhPtlc7M_o79SCeZkMZSj5UsH-oStFVaE-tKzCqe01SVUgDmr8YMQck_m0JA-ulZpOGegvfyamy/s1600/IMG_1166.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWhNO07WXvheJuygWMXKuyDGnwFDUmu_TG_XAoA8cC1eTsBn7v1ynGfFYdoJWG68QVdzhPtlc7M_o79SCeZkMZSj5UsH-oStFVaE-tKzCqe01SVUgDmr8YMQck_m0JA-ulZpOGegvfyamy/s200/IMG_1166.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The class enjoying their snack and me dancing with Ray!</div><br />
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</span></div>Just a hop, skip, and a jumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01564894794942687221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245006514958716250.post-20278735394764265032011-12-02T14:43:00.000-08:002011-12-05T14:12:09.765-08:00Feria de toros (Bull fights)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-p7C07XAJindS6suw4yVQGp3OVENleryYr0LhR3Wj90uudgvrT3O8Dg4twQq4yj-erdlD6iZBy9H982m7ppl9wGP5B61KDtnajKyuU9fjz9q-iBkbC3FXNTUFOFW1XzVuVPGTDu9ezMR5/s1600/IMG_1082.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-p7C07XAJindS6suw4yVQGp3OVENleryYr0LhR3Wj90uudgvrT3O8Dg4twQq4yj-erdlD6iZBy9H982m7ppl9wGP5B61KDtnajKyuU9fjz9q-iBkbC3FXNTUFOFW1XzVuVPGTDu9ezMR5/s320/IMG_1082.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To start off Fiestas de Quito, we decided to go to a bullfight. The fiestas are to celebrate the anniversary of the foundation of the capital city, Quito. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1cANn_IXoVGenU0W99G64HPOWZKuGDT57LJleNdiQJivwvBiGPcpq9F4Cu_wtk1hBev3CikRZAzVCn44uO_Z0E9A_MZvOdirmZRuZ0dPu6qmAGhKPWFX2RA6kxM7MbH4qNUjX1ii-CtZq/s1600/IMG_1079.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1cANn_IXoVGenU0W99G64HPOWZKuGDT57LJleNdiQJivwvBiGPcpq9F4Cu_wtk1hBev3CikRZAzVCn44uO_Z0E9A_MZvOdirmZRuZ0dPu6qmAGhKPWFX2RA6kxM7MbH4qNUjX1ii-CtZq/s200/IMG_1079.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Hc9UHcupz4_uE2W45omxk6y4zhV2EB6Q3FZKb5WywcyiKVZGWelegxQLlg56OCexwK0OZefqazJiAuyVMa5__-GYIuuSD3bySlop7kl8-YA_DpWapxgYuwHfJG0PU1rUh9v-Q0cmBNCJ/s1600/IMG_1076.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Hc9UHcupz4_uE2W45omxk6y4zhV2EB6Q3FZKb5WywcyiKVZGWelegxQLlg56OCexwK0OZefqazJiAuyVMa5__-GYIuuSD3bySlop7kl8-YA_DpWapxgYuwHfJG0PU1rUh9v-Q0cmBNCJ/s200/IMG_1076.JPG" width="200" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The bullfight was introduced to Ecuador during the spanish conquest. It is said that the bulls have been blessed by various religious missions that populate the Andes . These Cattle are now possessed with fierceness, nobility and casta (genetic purity). these things make the bulls special and it is an honor for them to die in the arena.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfjzG4Y6Igcxnqnf1O8AlU7i-cKW3zdf-JVrsmzs6w0UOZehgEamwTH6w_ftCGPnhLNh9xo5Vor_wnVphsX681M-mII_QldjtxzBUH2C9sWZRBXE5zFNwX4m7A4tg2RdHqahANa9g9LU9Z/s1600/IMG_10772.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfjzG4Y6Igcxnqnf1O8AlU7i-cKW3zdf-JVrsmzs6w0UOZehgEamwTH6w_ftCGPnhLNh9xo5Vor_wnVphsX681M-mII_QldjtxzBUH2C9sWZRBXE5zFNwX4m7A4tg2RdHqahANa9g9LU9Z/s200/IMG_10772.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2wm_FfpFzb-FHl41mYc5ypd5NzezSHGqVa7MKxlewWJUbkl0Ugp0BgcMblyDmTFLM_tbdvjNGyuJx_5Z_KHPnYRHHBCtmnLElgq84-DUlTvxdbrPTVWon-qUjk8c9xInhAqbr0x9hYcX/s1600/IMG_1080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2wm_FfpFzb-FHl41mYc5ypd5NzezSHGqVa7MKxlewWJUbkl0Ugp0BgcMblyDmTFLM_tbdvjNGyuJx_5Z_KHPnYRHHBCtmnLElgq84-DUlTvxdbrPTVWon-qUjk8c9xInhAqbr0x9hYcX/s200/IMG_1080.JPG" width="200" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What I learned from the girl sitting next to me: When the bulls die in the arena they are given much honor. They are raised to die her and when they do it is beautiful and meaningful. In the old days they used to use the meet from the bull that died to feed the poor. they could cut it and sell it a cheap price. Then there was a law stopping the selling of the meet if the bull was killed outside the arena. (Because of sanitation/health reasons... I didn't understand that part that much.) Now that they cant kill the bull inside the arena the death is less important. people say that the government is taking away the bulls honor. Also they used to kill them in the arena with one swift blow to the neck. Now they give a series of painful electric shocks. And they are messing with tradition!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLByP7BX9P_KiqOFeTRtnk3jDNAmdCrZ_XWJLfTAHx7T2DdyXoeGom0tzCnpXZo6Z_AgCldRbArB50528zWYXFQrGXZyIbNW0f2xTljlLWMoDyrkv0axh1fv3uB433jsKTjBLjzKZFkyyK/s1600/esp0012w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLByP7BX9P_KiqOFeTRtnk3jDNAmdCrZ_XWJLfTAHx7T2DdyXoeGom0tzCnpXZo6Z_AgCldRbArB50528zWYXFQrGXZyIbNW0f2xTljlLWMoDyrkv0axh1fv3uB433jsKTjBLjzKZFkyyK/s320/esp0012w.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> First we had to remember what actually happened.. apparently Peter danced on the poll!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was a hot a sweaty bar with absolutely no air....</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But we meet some new friends and spent the entire day with them!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the morning after breakfast we went to the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Thermals</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> (hot springs). It looked like we were swimming the gravy. The springs are made up of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">mineral</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> water that comes straight from the waterfalls. But it made your skin feel really soft after.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After dinner we took a chiva (Kind of Harry Potter Knight bus that is all open and crazy party lights!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDw4Oa9ZNjSwW4Jv6XDZaRCNyk3aBkpouWvfrR9Jm9_-z3qIvX1SbG-zNpkL_pA8eUSlxxmgcolW3flWQtN1wP1I869ibDEFw2P8cGIU1FZhFkk-VtB8i8sCyPrRh6VXgiGv7c3Qqn47h6/s1600/SAM_0764.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDw4Oa9ZNjSwW4Jv6XDZaRCNyk3aBkpouWvfrR9Jm9_-z3qIvX1SbG-zNpkL_pA8eUSlxxmgcolW3flWQtN1wP1I869ibDEFw2P8cGIU1FZhFkk-VtB8i8sCyPrRh6VXgiGv7c3Qqn47h6/s200/SAM_0764.jpeg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCW-7F6LsXkOm-U84jD4iJIpHDNy79ZLjow1aGVId2XKn0z7cTPc7-99YlHYsUbnb6hRoPZaERDQOJdGr0qrE5PL_YjaFvUsSDlp-jGAjIWQYSqbC64CihhvSu2CCqTO6wjEtBzekyGHIz/s1600/Chiva+Bus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCW-7F6LsXkOm-U84jD4iJIpHDNy79ZLjow1aGVId2XKn0z7cTPc7-99YlHYsUbnb6hRoPZaERDQOJdGr0qrE5PL_YjaFvUsSDlp-jGAjIWQYSqbC64CihhvSu2CCqTO6wjEtBzekyGHIz/s200/Chiva+Bus.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had a great View of the town at night but could not see the volcano because of all of the clouds. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclF8mXG30uzoG-1TOJBU-hAmR8WAXpy0IAmBmBjCvHfQ-sPGf8gYq7ohrvIi2MZZ52ZEG55z45I3ubtyQPA2v9GG0kTbDSLk_XvpAqEi64osQyFfY86atEr7UGJ5T30UjGyIVgn2sJTBP/s1600/IMG_1042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclF8mXG30uzoG-1TOJBU-hAmR8WAXpy0IAmBmBjCvHfQ-sPGf8gYq7ohrvIi2MZZ52ZEG55z45I3ubtyQPA2v9GG0kTbDSLk_XvpAqEi64osQyFfY86atEr7UGJ5T30UjGyIVgn2sJTBP/s320/IMG_1042.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>Just a hop, skip, and a jumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01564894794942687221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245006514958716250.post-54687025966616956412011-11-29T14:47:00.000-08:002011-11-29T14:47:32.177-08:00Baños!!!! (The city not the bathroom!) Day 1<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So because of Thanksgiving we got Friday off. yes only Friday not Thursday at all? So we decided to take an adventure to Baños.</span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">When we got there we needed some food obviously so we went to Bla Bla. great sandwich shop. And ver cheep my sandwich was 2 bucks and it was huge!!! And they had some great posters on the walls!</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVz_w3jjvc8nvmnyUSTHoIdoFNUsnZELPrHuRTBTa_kE5wO-wTVFO46f3cDO8KGBgssB0-0UfsWlF3H8DneJOn-JAlncuCzK65XwF3A4yaoUhQ-538rRt4ZPxlpcK2puFHJPoBRWvP7s0s/s1600/381062_10100360068112635_22413961_50017248_261442674_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVz_w3jjvc8nvmnyUSTHoIdoFNUsnZELPrHuRTBTa_kE5wO-wTVFO46f3cDO8KGBgssB0-0UfsWlF3H8DneJOn-JAlncuCzK65XwF3A4yaoUhQ-538rRt4ZPxlpcK2puFHJPoBRWvP7s0s/s200/381062_10100360068112635_22413961_50017248_261442674_n.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg70friSUcQ3NNj_u4LKJ6g7FVVYaXBnZaOo01l3JYRcPsWre2SM5xwa57_IyEBWsRKt7BoYIqxt9aiNzaayXzrd91hQr9iaMhl-xHT39mN278iiOJXheXAEhSdKZKW02vb-Nd47Utxwj4Z/s1600/386858_10100360067229405_22413961_50017243_1805928089_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg70friSUcQ3NNj_u4LKJ6g7FVVYaXBnZaOo01l3JYRcPsWre2SM5xwa57_IyEBWsRKt7BoYIqxt9aiNzaayXzrd91hQr9iaMhl-xHT39mN278iiOJXheXAEhSdKZKW02vb-Nd47Utxwj4Z/s200/386858_10100360067229405_22413961_50017243_1805928089_n.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first day we played Ultimate Mario Cart. We rented Dune Buggies and explored the outskirts of town looking at all of the magnificent waterfalls and wildlife. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb7acJL1Rf03jJuf4rdYVI_db-mfV7as-BRSFDJeRYAu_Yj-K19Kqku4umVKCTA9g48uinkUVRqubgbEKUWNKWVS64MWF8xVzIKUsrT8DJ9fjpfxKOJ09hDUaZW_VRZIaZfO2j-sOJeYso/s1600/387881_718665054160_184906287_35761184_2005337394_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb7acJL1Rf03jJuf4rdYVI_db-mfV7as-BRSFDJeRYAu_Yj-K19Kqku4umVKCTA9g48uinkUVRqubgbEKUWNKWVS64MWF8xVzIKUsrT8DJ9fjpfxKOJ09hDUaZW_VRZIaZfO2j-sOJeYso/s200/387881_718665054160_184906287_35761184_2005337394_n.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibs-TyK3IY8DkcaXZkroHMYqfFWLzz02S7AH9xT0gfChnT-6P_v5_S9yAOp903ITqPk4rL3FCqOL3NyC2tpQOshkLCVaAmMiwNwQ69WwekKqvsy7EDzDTSoYmyqvjrej_R8sSzByi4Dttm/s1600/390846_10100360068566725_22413961_50017253_1236065428_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibs-TyK3IY8DkcaXZkroHMYqfFWLzz02S7AH9xT0gfChnT-6P_v5_S9yAOp903ITqPk4rL3FCqOL3NyC2tpQOshkLCVaAmMiwNwQ69WwekKqvsy7EDzDTSoYmyqvjrej_R8sSzByi4Dttm/s200/390846_10100360068566725_22413961_50017253_1236065428_n.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The waterfalls were beautiful. And I realized that my camera takes amazing pictures! We even got to See an condor (the national bird that is now endangered).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVR8N8bT6Ao5yKVCO1QGgM4wRX4-KUS6KAf4tkip8k-o2LbeaYfXeL9wHEYgebXGBZh8Et-nJMi4nXw5jnYB0oFTZRFDZos6RHPqhUPnXhX68rntro-05baRPNbHlIUQuF6FSWwgQVZFmW/s1600/IMG_0910.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVR8N8bT6Ao5yKVCO1QGgM4wRX4-KUS6KAf4tkip8k-o2LbeaYfXeL9wHEYgebXGBZh8Et-nJMi4nXw5jnYB0oFTZRFDZos6RHPqhUPnXhX68rntro-05baRPNbHlIUQuF6FSWwgQVZFmW/s200/IMG_0910.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicDw8708pvbmT1yIcK7DAI6LibKNL6OULpgFfbK3pI5r1wzuG9GzgKaah_ohY98tiFB4qPtNaF2kVqLOF5PczFi-89GatAx4PTVwWkxSzfsmQkbe3X9P5Os0s1fT_eo56Gpj8YuS6q184p/s1600/IMG_0941.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicDw8708pvbmT1yIcK7DAI6LibKNL6OULpgFfbK3pI5r1wzuG9GzgKaah_ohY98tiFB4qPtNaF2kVqLOF5PczFi-89GatAx4PTVwWkxSzfsmQkbe3X9P5Os0s1fT_eo56Gpj8YuS6q184p/s200/IMG_0941.JPG" width="200" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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We also had some great live entertainment from an Andes village in Peru.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKI3K45OC-2vEGYNtKDfMflXwAVTFGai32rc53XAmm79L7ZCIq-DhlubEqh35N-bbEUMKzFvnYxbc2VRXZmV0Wyn6qzxnKnCewF-Wz6SbzGT8aboQ08VFs-4AgsULe2uM0Vsnr0iX_5Vb/s1600/376087_10100360083551695_22413961_50017351_410102072_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKI3K45OC-2vEGYNtKDfMflXwAVTFGai32rc53XAmm79L7ZCIq-DhlubEqh35N-bbEUMKzFvnYxbc2VRXZmV0Wyn6qzxnKnCewF-Wz6SbzGT8aboQ08VFs-4AgsULe2uM0Vsnr0iX_5Vb/s200/376087_10100360083551695_22413961_50017351_410102072_n.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIHlvlLOmI4c9wIq1B6ZIUMv_fvmZma4Cb4Uuz_GJaVUHUfzceT2n8ipgdYdiDI9ww1JbRBkNavIasE8qQgTBEaWlJQ3qBjJblFbaIjgCX3gTZp231WczP9hM4Q97gnM4teEpuq36o5sbA/s1600/IMG_0994.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIHlvlLOmI4c9wIq1B6ZIUMv_fvmZma4Cb4Uuz_GJaVUHUfzceT2n8ipgdYdiDI9ww1JbRBkNavIasE8qQgTBEaWlJQ3qBjJblFbaIjgCX3gTZp231WczP9hM4Q97gnM4teEpuq36o5sbA/s200/IMG_0994.JPG" width="200" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then it was Party time! we went to this little bar that played English pop music and we all rocked out with our girly drinks and pretended we knew every word!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpQ3oJusw7_vVPtfolD0yzdyL3mt5cD0aiw1DCrVyIsk6ECJU_H4emlwe-IpNBBmZ2d0IB16ZxKifEP6D9rzEgWgS_bqTKrmtk-k15QUEJIihEdLNbAX-JjTpTU-dg7lEh0yipEFh6QMSJ/s1600/IMG_1015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpQ3oJusw7_vVPtfolD0yzdyL3mt5cD0aiw1DCrVyIsk6ECJU_H4emlwe-IpNBBmZ2d0IB16ZxKifEP6D9rzEgWgS_bqTKrmtk-k15QUEJIihEdLNbAX-JjTpTU-dg7lEh0yipEFh6QMSJ/s200/IMG_1015.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhufBMxPHm8pds896prho6iVXL4-aORwZAcGiarzQ52xjbG6qC-1LJTqudIlVUP949R0GP8nvrKtUGmzPUDKLBocuHV2YDITBDi2k1YDkoLGmay50MVGFrlFokaKYWRf4z-O5NyCG-RVKy4/s1600/IMG_1018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhufBMxPHm8pds896prho6iVXL4-aORwZAcGiarzQ52xjbG6qC-1LJTqudIlVUP949R0GP8nvrKtUGmzPUDKLBocuHV2YDITBDi2k1YDkoLGmay50MVGFrlFokaKYWRf4z-O5NyCG-RVKy4/s200/IMG_1018.JPG" width="200" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then it was bed time. And our beds were pretty comfortable. Katy too the liberty to make sure the boys and the girls had separate rooms..... ;) But the sounds from the town were so loud. 500 rosters crowing and car alarms all night long!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQKBXS8VHYfkEnfGpG0gheCd85O6yxgwTJT-XphTRcT6bonKJT0k9UX1aT5jyE-RwDx0yI8ijx1fGVB-5tblagQ0nQKZaQANWXo7_aszoPfaPEEG5KLD04gFOrz-DuzWQQNYU-iKBFiImY/s1600/CIMG2010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQKBXS8VHYfkEnfGpG0gheCd85O6yxgwTJT-XphTRcT6bonKJT0k9UX1aT5jyE-RwDx0yI8ijx1fGVB-5tblagQ0nQKZaQANWXo7_aszoPfaPEEG5KLD04gFOrz-DuzWQQNYU-iKBFiImY/s200/CIMG2010.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJF-EAv5yRZ27tcfMgQwhwWy_6gJj6cTD3wOaGkkmSREacIllBYX6PWESlRwTh1dTboZtkYyPZRsfQwaSErmWlv0xaWVKSKIoM2vbVXYOCOvREGsmBbFWYqtvUsQnU-JjK0sJjzzPwtwum/s1600/CIMG2017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJF-EAv5yRZ27tcfMgQwhwWy_6gJj6cTD3wOaGkkmSREacIllBYX6PWESlRwTh1dTboZtkYyPZRsfQwaSErmWlv0xaWVKSKIoM2vbVXYOCOvREGsmBbFWYqtvUsQnU-JjK0sJjzzPwtwum/s200/CIMG2017.JPG" width="200" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span>Just a hop, skip, and a jumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01564894794942687221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245006514958716250.post-83417630555995054802011-11-25T04:28:00.000-08:002011-11-25T04:28:01.473-08:00Dia de Accion de Gracias/ Thanksgiving 2011<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thanksgiving in Ecuador!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1uqSs3HJ2HO0P2buo_mLvj6crTXavy_Imm40hwgRrcxe4M2t_RRz9MI419kK5Wx8SwOzEBX2HEAw7ZKZjVG1BQ24rLa95sQzb2cEo4HIS5jufksEWmI7tTkXQ-3JPJbOwyzjgYoWXRWJu/s1600/IMG_0831.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1uqSs3HJ2HO0P2buo_mLvj6crTXavy_Imm40hwgRrcxe4M2t_RRz9MI419kK5Wx8SwOzEBX2HEAw7ZKZjVG1BQ24rLa95sQzb2cEo4HIS5jufksEWmI7tTkXQ-3JPJbOwyzjgYoWXRWJu/s320/IMG_0831.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A craft the Spanish students made!</span></div><br />
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I had the Desayuno de la Vaca (cow breakfast). They start with freshly squeezed fruit juice. we all got a different flavor, and bread. On our bread we have choices of butter, cheese, milk throft, or fresh blackberry jam. The the main course comes. It was like an egg casserole. So weird but so yummy with hot coco made with fresh cows milk. If you know me then you know breakfast is my favorite meal.. so I was in heaven!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGfX_uqy2u9QF4o3Ytw6X33MuffiCDFzVlSzUiYY5efwx-NtV2mtKghxIhrwV0lbp7_3Vt1rIoA7QbbvJRjgJgqtroPsb37kmtan3tdArl73LxjqiNFHt50zdirrGXEDtHErPJ5eLlBtoS/s1600/IMG_0671.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGfX_uqy2u9QF4o3Ytw6X33MuffiCDFzVlSzUiYY5efwx-NtV2mtKghxIhrwV0lbp7_3Vt1rIoA7QbbvJRjgJgqtroPsb37kmtan3tdArl73LxjqiNFHt50zdirrGXEDtHErPJ5eLlBtoS/s200/IMG_0671.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4wME2GbrfhXObKlMfDrE9tvyCECViPEKHpq8QC5pzct67B4NFFMg3IaOEbW5zil6fHaMbKKff9_1Eo6GiY4wHSFxaJYqvrFYtRXaTWsXU_gimfwQzwKJ4py-VEgauALfZ66Iju8g2uxhL/s1600/IMG_0675.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4wME2GbrfhXObKlMfDrE9tvyCECViPEKHpq8QC5pzct67B4NFFMg3IaOEbW5zil6fHaMbKKff9_1Eo6GiY4wHSFxaJYqvrFYtRXaTWsXU_gimfwQzwKJ4py-VEgauALfZ66Iju8g2uxhL/s200/IMG_0675.JPG" width="200" /></a></span></div><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cotopaxi is a volcano near the south end of Quito. It name means "piece of the moon". It is almost a perfect volcano in shape. Especially when compared to its neighbor volcano that looks like a smashed hotdog! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKzFelMcPsdpnkgFu4Bwg-y77SWRTjX4KNrIJV9ji3O7J0eXadO13h6dfI3wF4hMUYnUADKJOQfTHOOxHASiY6P5A1zfWFG2fh49t-TvTBkPJg5Gv3fIbrI0PZxuP4TdMTy5rHgZQA1PU/s1600/IMG_0693.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKzFelMcPsdpnkgFu4Bwg-y77SWRTjX4KNrIJV9ji3O7J0eXadO13h6dfI3wF4hMUYnUADKJOQfTHOOxHASiY6P5A1zfWFG2fh49t-TvTBkPJg5Gv3fIbrI0PZxuP4TdMTy5rHgZQA1PU/s200/IMG_0693.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7caJ75Gr9-g4Zam9brhkfVt7W4zsPMnI__JK6uaO8_IZ5evBynR4NztY20QOJ3Eco7wGbFFAYWTdWHqoQlr9ogkAwym-1p2_-F0B2qCJcU7jM-QX9MDjpHfrHn7D_MDqXcAZbQZUhCHWL/s1600/IMG_0699.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7caJ75Gr9-g4Zam9brhkfVt7W4zsPMnI__JK6uaO8_IZ5evBynR4NztY20QOJ3Eco7wGbFFAYWTdWHqoQlr9ogkAwym-1p2_-F0B2qCJcU7jM-QX9MDjpHfrHn7D_MDqXcAZbQZUhCHWL/s200/IMG_0699.JPG" width="200" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We entered the national park. It only cost 2 dollars and we had to drive on horrible roads that almost broke the car. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGK5OrKHTypUq67NeyQdVOHNzsROMzQD8f4bxFEVMqYtkLOGApxwlnsUZwkwg6xdYiwHsRfsHvU85z2L5monKvdMy4UfqoUBAqWtvj-C2VG-Rjmi-P3D_pc5s3Q5-q5AiKaf7OT45K7rSD/s1600/IMG_0702.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGK5OrKHTypUq67NeyQdVOHNzsROMzQD8f4bxFEVMqYtkLOGApxwlnsUZwkwg6xdYiwHsRfsHvU85z2L5monKvdMy4UfqoUBAqWtvj-C2VG-Rjmi-P3D_pc5s3Q5-q5AiKaf7OT45K7rSD/s200/IMG_0702.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMGpcIadHMx-6KJqeZ-tYBQ5FNmrQrxs4RtqYoHRkOa0mnNMZxRzCdfE8WHLLoHlfbqfh9zbASZ_OAwh-caVE4PO5wP2NSOGnyGECzgocufuHvCsw6zR1wiPrfgWkHAgZ8MojeEpzBBTHo/s1600/IMG_0700.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMGpcIadHMx-6KJqeZ-tYBQ5FNmrQrxs4RtqYoHRkOa0mnNMZxRzCdfE8WHLLoHlfbqfh9zbASZ_OAwh-caVE4PO5wP2NSOGnyGECzgocufuHvCsw6zR1wiPrfgWkHAgZ8MojeEpzBBTHo/s200/IMG_0700.JPG" width="200" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>Just a hop, skip, and a jumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01564894794942687221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245006514958716250.post-79251070586846342042011-11-19T13:05:00.000-08:002011-11-19T13:05:45.836-08:00A night out on the town with mi mama and mi papa<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First of all we didn't leave the house till 9:30. My dad would have been in bed by then but in Ecuador that is when the city is waking up! We went into old town. it was beautiful at night.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyW0RuWuB5rxsr7n7D19PgY8b5FbvHZJfPY5f27coMHP_A77sGlgtLIEUqAAyaDQXmutVa7_nwUzp4T6e4c5CYAfqPspjw96lll-bKtkliTDZQ5AXgOsk2haqdsLVfSRsq1B6iktlkx0s/s1600/centro_historico_by_night.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyW0RuWuB5rxsr7n7D19PgY8b5FbvHZJfPY5f27coMHP_A77sGlgtLIEUqAAyaDQXmutVa7_nwUzp4T6e4c5CYAfqPspjw96lll-bKtkliTDZQ5AXgOsk2haqdsLVfSRsq1B6iktlkx0s/s320/centro_historico_by_night.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We saw the historic Quito opera house.... gorgeous!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEaZ2y4Z1V24WHDnRddLMXBq7xTpvLwBUROptRYLVIaRzxfTuetnOQSxgSbl1uk7cw_40GaFZk79tnynLI_c58UmDxClpKp0imHbdYDqaG6M4RIWDqdXo1GI7V6i0cf1Mk0UfwmxSeCqTO/s1600/DSCF0092.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEaZ2y4Z1V24WHDnRddLMXBq7xTpvLwBUROptRYLVIaRzxfTuetnOQSxgSbl1uk7cw_40GaFZk79tnynLI_c58UmDxClpKp0imHbdYDqaG6M4RIWDqdXo1GI7V6i0cf1Mk0UfwmxSeCqTO/s200/DSCF0092.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwlQYJC9ccgkX_es-_F99SpsGL2HS3eqHjx7auGA1j6Pb_kT1J3GD-vq0ewoM1oe9iX7kcrEB0IDwaeCX_SpOIqAyf1meLbHUc6QbLxvEMYjWeLZErDop9QMoXKlPFPDxj6o9IuIXSntJY/s1600/IMG_0622.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwlQYJC9ccgkX_es-_F99SpsGL2HS3eqHjx7auGA1j6Pb_kT1J3GD-vq0ewoM1oe9iX7kcrEB0IDwaeCX_SpOIqAyf1meLbHUc6QbLxvEMYjWeLZErDop9QMoXKlPFPDxj6o9IuIXSntJY/s200/IMG_0622.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we walked the old streets. Lars (mi papa) told great stories from when he was a boy and what these shops used to be. And of course we had to go to his favorite sweet shop to buy his favorite candies. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg08x_26J9xsnZI4Qv92EKJTxlrdOcipmuzru_RNmOQa3uFaC5_oP9gqWhI8ALyVXTVFXya7IX9VOowa6xRpYZw0emXfqsX6PdAM51ZupGzBDjjCttgpVBE1IMUoFE8UP0a9nfyssKZ0T1H/s1600/La-Ronda_photo-by-Jean-Marc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg08x_26J9xsnZI4Qv92EKJTxlrdOcipmuzru_RNmOQa3uFaC5_oP9gqWhI8ALyVXTVFXya7IX9VOowa6xRpYZw0emXfqsX6PdAM51ZupGzBDjjCttgpVBE1IMUoFE8UP0a9nfyssKZ0T1H/s320/La-Ronda_photo-by-Jean-Marc.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We drove by the San Francisco church. it used to be a convent but is not longer but still a ginormous church. It is 6 block long! and breathtaking from the outside. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrLXRnSpmpVEeYRt7yfiZYCv5o5XIIQn3DFwpQN4WJgiLQN_5tmXkH-2IMxEAMrNSMtCtGZ5SunY8SuUN6SxZ3_CxhYnkqOPe1K2MplF2mr5Fs9Gmd3WLJO0ih5v-ZZnx97ccexK_fCg0/s1600/quito-tourist-attractions-convento-san-francisco.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrLXRnSpmpVEeYRt7yfiZYCv5o5XIIQn3DFwpQN4WJgiLQN_5tmXkH-2IMxEAMrNSMtCtGZ5SunY8SuUN6SxZ3_CxhYnkqOPe1K2MplF2mr5Fs9Gmd3WLJO0ih5v-ZZnx97ccexK_fCg0/s200/quito-tourist-attractions-convento-san-francisco.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjlc1mHuX8nu70LItFYzGFua07j1yxPllDLdX1JcdWfxuaw19LkOaQ-c9OoMmtUPqvsYN7243Ko1NTGx24IsOXLT9Hb8ugbDDC1GNKX02QOy5yYGMw4T2HVAUocAaO9XZ67L3q6B39wGWf/s1600/IMG_0640.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjlc1mHuX8nu70LItFYzGFua07j1yxPllDLdX1JcdWfxuaw19LkOaQ-c9OoMmtUPqvsYN7243Ko1NTGx24IsOXLT9Hb8ugbDDC1GNKX02QOy5yYGMw4T2HVAUocAaO9XZ67L3q6B39wGWf/s200/IMG_0640.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we went to a little place and had a drink. You take a very yummy juice and add moonshine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8WX1BZBmFyCp_YjC3Zm0hM7GNGHZe4C3fxsKM2EuJ0qlTg9FjZPpi1GZYDDb_BBh3veP7HCc-u5uk2z2emon4JAk6sM8n6jcviikq6q6AEML42eEj7qvMf2oIpEGM4i14Bw9HGShzwT_/s1600/IMG_0638.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8WX1BZBmFyCp_YjC3Zm0hM7GNGHZe4C3fxsKM2EuJ0qlTg9FjZPpi1GZYDDb_BBh3veP7HCc-u5uk2z2emon4JAk6sM8n6jcviikq6q6AEML42eEj7qvMf2oIpEGM4i14Bw9HGShzwT_/s200/IMG_0638.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOaASoLObzVeclHvrKMIIWTvrHzJBZvgk4x7oD-r2oFjY292hDCNG44b78G7ErDs9qM10wfuZYEBwz3dXLZxmAy_OMXct21TyQ_UR-jNj6LBksJT8o1LYR6TLKEj_aZGdr13MbtanSq7SU/s1600/IMG_0639.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOaASoLObzVeclHvrKMIIWTvrHzJBZvgk4x7oD-r2oFjY292hDCNG44b78G7ErDs9qM10wfuZYEBwz3dXLZxmAy_OMXct21TyQ_UR-jNj6LBksJT8o1LYR6TLKEj_aZGdr13MbtanSq7SU/s200/IMG_0639.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div>Just a hop, skip, and a jumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01564894794942687221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245006514958716250.post-83130060583816008522011-11-18T17:59:00.000-08:002011-11-18T17:59:37.266-08:00Random pictures from my classroom.<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We just finished the human body. We talked about all </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">different</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> organs and how they help us live. We also talked about how to keep our organs healthy by heating right, exercising and not smoking. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvfBh_GVFJUQU_D_T6JMvd9XtlRF6hRBGzY04AN3oCDDq_96KOFRMd5styILXKQ2RNu_YlxdnvDjbkvemDUNAQRAzfkalmh-GerPp6-PY00v5BGUVGF0OgjYlNqrxLIlWdYo65HFpB5kAF/s1600/IMG_0594.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvfBh_GVFJUQU_D_T6JMvd9XtlRF6hRBGzY04AN3oCDDq_96KOFRMd5styILXKQ2RNu_YlxdnvDjbkvemDUNAQRAzfkalmh-GerPp6-PY00v5BGUVGF0OgjYlNqrxLIlWdYo65HFpB5kAF/s200/IMG_0594.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPCf7eVjVzJ4-9ln2Vz5vCHtBkT8VrOIlqenlnVyfCturwkqn7UU_Imrb0ygPyicLrgqe6Zb2jCBayNKhQ-XX8ZXTzTbMANtSFm7VE2-LkXd9JglIuiO-wjUDie0Wpmb5_LphFVtygmg4/s1600/IMG_0610.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPCf7eVjVzJ4-9ln2Vz5vCHtBkT8VrOIlqenlnVyfCturwkqn7UU_Imrb0ygPyicLrgqe6Zb2jCBayNKhQ-XX8ZXTzTbMANtSFm7VE2-LkXd9JglIuiO-wjUDie0Wpmb5_LphFVtygmg4/s200/IMG_0610.JPG" width="200" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We also finished our family unit. Learning the words of our family members in English.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibc7xdNLSQzd_7jNcO-Uq56DjVZP73vzK7imoqfmNPuGfYYuyzpGaxvhGWk5-JblWLaPY_6MswAwiZZYKTBmyTdHWn3CWATt0HDetT4WbHl2dHG8bCPpHy1K7NfhsykNjDogI90lSCv3zu/s1600/IMG_0596.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibc7xdNLSQzd_7jNcO-Uq56DjVZP73vzK7imoqfmNPuGfYYuyzpGaxvhGWk5-JblWLaPY_6MswAwiZZYKTBmyTdHWn3CWATt0HDetT4WbHl2dHG8bCPpHy1K7NfhsykNjDogI90lSCv3zu/s200/IMG_0596.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlCgfjboflVEs0N6GOmsdIFd8hKG1bzh4Ddnxm5m69_JvPK4eJxN8-eKyJvl7mBR8Ebn9dV6OvGD6mIk7crXwnx-0RR90pbeP-LZ8KvCDGPT0FVP-p8QfrZiHGOGveHqQibM51_FT_IQh2/s1600/IMG_0598.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlCgfjboflVEs0N6GOmsdIFd8hKG1bzh4Ddnxm5m69_JvPK4eJxN8-eKyJvl7mBR8Ebn9dV6OvGD6mIk7crXwnx-0RR90pbeP-LZ8KvCDGPT0FVP-p8QfrZiHGOGveHqQibM51_FT_IQh2/s200/IMG_0598.JPG" width="200" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been giving the Woodcock Johnson. It is an assessment that looks at cognitive abilities and achievement. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqMQZYBZOpjoqYksyPOosb61FNpoVtFpLmD2LCXdpdPTvsDBH6Cy5xh9h0Ot3nLxGb8FM540Fd7uOB3GbA8Wh5prZSId7dWEaHju9xMeYs6lHyKFVVA75IcPDa0T-T2bTJ33y990rSn3NH/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqMQZYBZOpjoqYksyPOosb61FNpoVtFpLmD2LCXdpdPTvsDBH6Cy5xh9h0Ot3nLxGb8FM540Fd7uOB3GbA8Wh5prZSId7dWEaHju9xMeYs6lHyKFVVA75IcPDa0T-T2bTJ33y990rSn3NH/s1600/photo.JPG" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>Just a hop, skip, and a jumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01564894794942687221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245006514958716250.post-36595292693114899772011-11-18T14:53:00.000-08:002011-11-18T14:57:03.619-08:00Mitad del Mundo (middle of the world)<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #45818e; color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="line-height: 19px;"> Mitad del Mundo</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> The 30-meter-tall monument, built between 1979 and 1982, was constructed to mark the point where the </span>equator<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> passes through the country in the geodetic datum in use in Ecuador at that time.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2i_zC6NYB_eZFWqz32XtjhSnDSTj77RxLmTmoeJ00SIY8T-HYCHBTRS02u427ht9GndDyXE7hOVNrgTwgG4azuOLCIs5jSZvoUsqIM5dSCY4Jo-qIQQngw0T0BPPr4GRxaMBUM8r1_K3C/s1600/mundo+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2i_zC6NYB_eZFWqz32XtjhSnDSTj77RxLmTmoeJ00SIY8T-HYCHBTRS02u427ht9GndDyXE7hOVNrgTwgG4azuOLCIs5jSZvoUsqIM5dSCY4Jo-qIQQngw0T0BPPr4GRxaMBUM8r1_K3C/s320/mundo+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #45818e; color: white; line-height: 19px;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Random concert going on. About Peru we think!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #45818e;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Similarly, the line marking the </span>Prime Meridian<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> at the </span>Royal Observatory, Greenwich<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> in England is roughly 100 meters from the exact zero of longitude as indicated by GPS receivers.</span></span></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Straddling the equator. In both the North and South Hemisphere</td></tr>
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</span></span></div>Just a hop, skip, and a jumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01564894794942687221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245006514958716250.post-44716869952271338232011-11-16T16:14:00.000-08:002011-11-16T16:14:28.421-08:00My Classroom!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is a typical Kindergarten classroom. Brightly colored, students work displayed and of course a reading rug!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN809oiU6a5NpGfSImoWAZLvFdj3Cu-ASF2CcWaJMQ0ha-yumDpwFjCSC7HO9gCcv6-tedLXYsVM_QHMKZO4of23II0cTJkhhKLQb0y2zS2o7ZasS4ZBPHPG_yLLjEEvDNttzIPlIAvPAn/s1600/IMG_0493.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN809oiU6a5NpGfSImoWAZLvFdj3Cu-ASF2CcWaJMQ0ha-yumDpwFjCSC7HO9gCcv6-tedLXYsVM_QHMKZO4of23II0cTJkhhKLQb0y2zS2o7ZasS4ZBPHPG_yLLjEEvDNttzIPlIAvPAn/s200/IMG_0493.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnrCRdDJo0RUeSJF0PxDBAO1e6GRNUzZWUxWXXnXug4SLn79m0T15J5moKIzn4PdKPRl1Ci_ERzHw5jgw_kPPzSIIzwb9GqZWVb6UMsmFvKTJyH5KeavWmpCw9kW1h1K3oQW04vzRSVG9E/s1600/IMG_0494.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnrCRdDJo0RUeSJF0PxDBAO1e6GRNUzZWUxWXXnXug4SLn79m0T15J5moKIzn4PdKPRl1Ci_ERzHw5jgw_kPPzSIIzwb9GqZWVb6UMsmFvKTJyH5KeavWmpCw9kW1h1K3oQW04vzRSVG9E/s200/IMG_0494.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The school has an open campus. The hallways are outside and everything is disconnected. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFw97TzFUM_Af4iAhHwz1hGtrWenm92d6W9FGiuQYb_MxVwT5X5ZVIpjz60lXc9yexUIzyqxMh94dQgrPPu3FDVrR_whfiwa_foHmGpyJWBLZejt52mojPIt36N8VF3k-yw49S5D17eGRp/s1600/school+005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFw97TzFUM_Af4iAhHwz1hGtrWenm92d6W9FGiuQYb_MxVwT5X5ZVIpjz60lXc9yexUIzyqxMh94dQgrPPu3FDVrR_whfiwa_foHmGpyJWBLZejt52mojPIt36N8VF3k-yw49S5D17eGRp/s200/school+005.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3V5G3BZh4oa6SbgL0UBjr_Sw2DbMXNkCFxNaUz4uZXuzdEJS2zKU-RPJkGy8kk_UsjwEAZMKcN-acBq188Cw7MSka4kMR9QeAcShVufxNDah4zbBo-ETHhhUA8FI2J3kdoXReMauLKm2o/s1600/school+006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3V5G3BZh4oa6SbgL0UBjr_Sw2DbMXNkCFxNaUz4uZXuzdEJS2zKU-RPJkGy8kk_UsjwEAZMKcN-acBq188Cw7MSka4kMR9QeAcShVufxNDah4zbBo-ETHhhUA8FI2J3kdoXReMauLKm2o/s200/school+006.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Biggest difference is that i only have 12 students and that is considered a lot!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Completely nuts!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Just a hop, skip, and a jumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01564894794942687221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245006514958716250.post-27873400553765858032011-11-15T19:08:00.000-08:002011-11-15T19:08:25.343-08:00Si Se Puede Ecuador!!!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Went to the world cup qualifier for South America. Ecuador Vs. Peru. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LuxwqgxvyTMKT2arRc41JP6FNd0i6E42lRNz3GVGqM26oFHWNLoF6BjaE-0xsqt-TgSym83HBePLt1v_e2WQsIgIBRBKqH_qoASgjNJYtlhZqiUcU7jThqjUC67AjTYn4stzJe6Ip6Fn/s1600/IMG_0588.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LuxwqgxvyTMKT2arRc41JP6FNd0i6E42lRNz3GVGqM26oFHWNLoF6BjaE-0xsqt-TgSym83HBePLt1v_e2WQsIgIBRBKqH_qoASgjNJYtlhZqiUcU7jThqjUC67AjTYn4stzJe6Ip6Fn/s200/IMG_0588.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglfQH4rRzj9bUEEz8uw6-NogfG2oK9wpGN_7L2yy7Lg3II8gKlCnfFEC3VYIy7jnhS9VGnXkllGxBeSyT9mjuJZvpmobvh1jL1_5LpDWPi_IUKWbLmlbiZSPfPYzYVhdzH-SGhfjiryMcb/s1600/IMG_0589.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglfQH4rRzj9bUEEz8uw6-NogfG2oK9wpGN_7L2yy7Lg3II8gKlCnfFEC3VYIy7jnhS9VGnXkllGxBeSyT9mjuJZvpmobvh1jL1_5LpDWPi_IUKWbLmlbiZSPfPYzYVhdzH-SGhfjiryMcb/s200/IMG_0589.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of course Ecuador Won 2-0</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigO2G6B4UUwyDQKYKfPNbNczXzvCH-ASfN_WXvVQAVJKin2DxQtaNK9EramisbCBnyn5ZsSnYHcFvbjP5s10YsuuaDwr-tuipXXY7ZCeAiWWVOS0MbnQOQqHSE5d7lRPK_eewjOzFzsuS6/s1600/IMG_0556.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigO2G6B4UUwyDQKYKfPNbNczXzvCH-ASfN_WXvVQAVJKin2DxQtaNK9EramisbCBnyn5ZsSnYHcFvbjP5s10YsuuaDwr-tuipXXY7ZCeAiWWVOS0MbnQOQqHSE5d7lRPK_eewjOzFzsuS6/s320/IMG_0556.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This means Ecuador is in 6th place right now!</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Soo much fun! I learned some great cheers, great profanity, and left covered with beer!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Just a hop, skip, and a jumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01564894794942687221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245006514958716250.post-38515129751590643232011-11-14T17:16:00.000-08:002011-11-14T17:16:37.465-08:00Getting Ready for the Game!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I needed to go to the ATM to get some cash out. Then I realized I only had big bills and I needed change for the taxi. So i needed to buy something. So I bought a beer. But not just any beer but a collectors beer with the Ecuador team on it. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I couldn't Let beer go to waste by letting it get warm.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnXzFsu8LwAcUSh1z9AnDcahwHE4RmDCY48jFXPKZnxIWk-IId39fAUbEh7wtEUItksvxBh9zwQKbQ5nbSTBZznUiXpFv38A9knTGFdgiJX50ZIFC0P94qlYdBJFNgPyjOuMLDWttzNfre/s1600/IMG_0537.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnXzFsu8LwAcUSh1z9AnDcahwHE4RmDCY48jFXPKZnxIWk-IId39fAUbEh7wtEUItksvxBh9zwQKbQ5nbSTBZznUiXpFv38A9knTGFdgiJX50ZIFC0P94qlYdBJFNgPyjOuMLDWttzNfre/s400/IMG_0537.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Who said that you cant drink on a Monday night.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And anyways we needed to get in the mood for the big game tomorrow!</span></div>Just a hop, skip, and a jumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01564894794942687221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245006514958716250.post-79477644010206342642011-11-13T19:02:00.000-08:002011-11-14T17:05:02.657-08:00Mountains!!!!<div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 20px;">Kyle and I went to teleferico. It is a cable cart that takes you up the side of Pichincha Volcano. It is located 4050 meters above sea level.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhodtsStrIpW8hHigjNBsf-m8bsrxw1IIYbyVgdYuk45IF1R6dupvz0535JKS_LhaLZTiD8QM3aJc4LytucTAvJ7LcaknwFoXxo-d8RfQkrnSgzk9sn_xRFn2H0J9HmRQM-zuA0tXSLllxp/s1600/UIO_Teleferiqo_tall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhodtsStrIpW8hHigjNBsf-m8bsrxw1IIYbyVgdYuk45IF1R6dupvz0535JKS_LhaLZTiD8QM3aJc4LytucTAvJ7LcaknwFoXxo-d8RfQkrnSgzk9sn_xRFn2H0J9HmRQM-zuA0tXSLllxp/s200/UIO_Teleferiqo_tall.jpg" width="127" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NZtY0-4vAcTWtDiCEh0_YW3BYErVMGvncCGcxk4pZ0zozN8_xTTLlCw9lED2WDV6rWS6Twy05Sn8rEqmi-U1IfvK7GslxJpUWkcN0aKbdpkL4BiyrkiZvtN0uKcdxKZUk0Mq_NYLoSfI/s1600/IMG_0516.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NZtY0-4vAcTWtDiCEh0_YW3BYErVMGvncCGcxk4pZ0zozN8_xTTLlCw9lED2WDV6rWS6Twy05Sn8rEqmi-U1IfvK7GslxJpUWkcN0aKbdpkL4BiyrkiZvtN0uKcdxKZUk0Mq_NYLoSfI/s200/IMG_0516.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Many colors of green and beautiful white clouds. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Other side of the mountain. With Fluffy clouds rolling in. </td></tr>
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</span></span></div>Just a hop, skip, and a jumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01564894794942687221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245006514958716250.post-19542919956732162892011-11-12T07:43:00.000-08:002011-11-12T08:04:42.216-08:00A Night in Ecuador<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The other night we had a light rain then a beautiful sight. A double rainbow. Apparently rainbows are not common in Ecuador so when you get to see one it is special. and a double rainbow is extra special.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then after dinner we looked out the window again and another beautiful sight over the mountains. It reminded me of the great summers up north taking never ending sunset pictures for my mother. But he mountains instead of the lake was breathtaking. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_nqz-Ywg_zmCui-OuAg0oORlOk3kq3TSWDBTMIEHiKvW5eFQQqF3cn9K7G7FM6J5Mgh6YtlrWuJO3-JbuUwaOYDl7UstI4xGl_86t52yncVyDZ_NHYxnUD6D4F8Wk6Z-_CCb4r6z3hEPf/s1600/IMG_0505.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_nqz-Ywg_zmCui-OuAg0oORlOk3kq3TSWDBTMIEHiKvW5eFQQqF3cn9K7G7FM6J5Mgh6YtlrWuJO3-JbuUwaOYDl7UstI4xGl_86t52yncVyDZ_NHYxnUD6D4F8Wk6Z-_CCb4r6z3hEPf/s320/IMG_0505.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last night we had an amazing dinner. Mom made homemade lasagna. It was vegetarian lasagna but so good. The ingredients were so fresh and extra yummy!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then we went to the bar. an Irish pub called Finn McCool's. (They are not very clever) Ecuador was playing and we wanted a be immersed in the soccer craziness that all most all other countries except the U.S. has over the sport.<u>U</u>nfortunately they lost to Paraguay. There were a couple fights in the streets over the game but nothing too brutal! We did learn a cheer and got in the mood for when we actually get to go to a game live!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</span>Just a hop, skip, and a jumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01564894794942687221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245006514958716250.post-19215239727536535872011-11-10T14:12:00.000-08:002011-11-10T14:12:14.385-08:00Dia de los Muertos!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For Dia de los muertos( day of the dead) it is traditional to make guaguas de pan (bread babies) and colada colada morada (a traditional drink).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then after they bake they decorated them. This adds sweetness to the bread and gives them the illusion of a baby. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>Just a hop, skip, and a jumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01564894794942687221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245006514958716250.post-20696964516749795912011-11-09T18:39:00.000-08:002011-11-09T18:39:55.102-08:00H-A-Double L-O-W-Double E-N Spells Halloween!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, in Ecuador they celebrate Halloween. Well some of them. The Ecuadorians that have us roots or backgrounds. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The students dressed up at school and had a parade and scary stories were told.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div>Just a hop, skip, and a jumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01564894794942687221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245006514958716250.post-57632946479890239632011-11-07T17:05:00.000-08:002011-11-07T17:05:52.124-08:00Mi Casa<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love my house. It really is home away from home. It is very clean and beautiful. I love the gigantic pictures that are on all of the walls. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMTyNTehtvaW1XZELBSffUjUfhupD_lzF67UpOgAkNLd6k1C73LQ4bCfkEPR9fXS8lGBwhl7rSqbvGhvW10iPLPSBSZRR1RKZsvqB8S0SSh2AZKv1FfuNmep6wAphK2-uHUx3g5e142df/s1600/IMG_0483.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMTyNTehtvaW1XZELBSffUjUfhupD_lzF67UpOgAkNLd6k1C73LQ4bCfkEPR9fXS8lGBwhl7rSqbvGhvW10iPLPSBSZRR1RKZsvqB8S0SSh2AZKv1FfuNmep6wAphK2-uHUx3g5e142df/s320/IMG_0483.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhxUa3QVbWWq0s6EJg3uiSfbPic7jmFBRVJOLcF3JslbgQ8OpmyyzqdPPCuAXQCT-1xI8TAgt0mI9ACb0dJvIPAm1DBizfk1eR4O8cDB5QmMzY9W5h9HMtvY4pnbBo8OszCskw1IbN2MrW/s1600/IMG_0486.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhxUa3QVbWWq0s6EJg3uiSfbPic7jmFBRVJOLcF3JslbgQ8OpmyyzqdPPCuAXQCT-1xI8TAgt0mI9ACb0dJvIPAm1DBizfk1eR4O8cDB5QmMzY9W5h9HMtvY4pnbBo8OszCskw1IbN2MrW/s320/IMG_0486.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u><i>My Room:</i></u></b> I have a huge room. A twin bed with flannel sheets!, a large closet (but I barley brought clothes so it is a little bare) 2 sitting chairs with a TV, a great view out at the court yard and my vary own bathroom. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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