Pic 1: The view out my window onto Eloy Alfaro Av.
Pic 2: My room! I make my bed every morning, but apparently not well enough, because Holger still makes it for me again every day while I'm out.
Pic 3: Thursday night I played two games of Bananagrams with Carla mama ( we each won one game). It's a good think I'm so awesome at this game, because thinking of words in Spanish was hard enough.
Pic 4: On Thursday we went to a museum about the multitude of indigenous groups in the area. We were then given the opportunity to make jewelry with local beads. After making myself a badass hunting headband (hidden beneath my hair above), the IES staff guy, René, and I proceded to goof off with various items in the museum. Above, Harry Potter on a broom.
Pic 5: During our 5 hour lunch break on Friday, a few of us took a walk to the Botanical Gardens nearby. Above, the carnivorous plant greenhouse.
Pic. 6: Today, I went with some friends to the Mitad del Mundo, where they actually determined where the Equator is. That's me above, moments before being torn apart by dueling magnetic forces.
Pic 7: At the Mitad del Mundo, they had a continuous stream of different folk dances performed. I still prefer TDC, but these were pretty cool too.
Pic 8: I guess I never mentioned this in the first email, but there are 33 students studying abroad with IES in Quito this semester. Above, you'll find the only two guys in that group. It was about a 1.5 hour trip both ways to the Equator and today was ridiculously hot and sunny. This jump pretty much used up the last of my energy for the day. I returned home tired, sunburned, and very happy.
I played bananagrams with my host family when I was abroad too! you're right, it's an awesome language game, and super fun :)
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