Yeah, I know, doesn’t sound like me, does it? ;)
But I can assure you, nothing strange is going on - 8:30 + 7 = 15:30 (and all that without „Mathe 3“ (insider)) and that’s a perfectly normal time to get up :)
First things first… I have a very nice host family who luckily speaks a bit “ingles” even when they refuse to do it so I start learning Spanish. I have got a very nice room and the house is on a hill with a great view over the town. Didn’t take any pictures of the room and the view yet and can’t be bothered right now because I’m too tired…
All I did the whole day was wandering around town playing tourist. And I need to admit even though it is really cool to have this nice view, the last thing you want to do at an elevation of 2800m is going up yet another hill :)
But so it be – need to prepare myself for La Paz anyway…
Beside the toughened conditions up here, the day was really nice. It is the start of a cultural week (or maybe month) in the old town, so there were a lot of musicians and street performance and again a lot of people! The streets were closet for traffic and so everybody got his bike out of the shed and drove it around the narrow streets like crazy. It was great to see how the always present police tried to get order into a heap of people who aren’t known for the organization skills – but then again, it worked out pretty good :)
And because pictures say more than thousand words, here they are…
The eagle in Ecuador
Simon Bolivar
Plaza Grande
Plaza Grande
Altitude
Plaza Grande - shoe shine boys
La Basilica
La Basilica
south Quito
La Basilica
Cruz roja? -> Cruz blanco or Switzerland
Tomorrow my day will start at 7:15 and I need to be at school! at 8 – déjà vu
See ya
Nice! Didn't imagine that Quito is that big :o
AntwortenLöschenAwesome pictures as always. When was the last time you got up to be at school at 8? Should been in 2005/6, shouldn't it? Hopefully you're getting some strong coffee (but i guess shouldn't be really a big problem in south america).
Okay, i'm gonna go back to learning math ;) tomorrow exam, really looking forward to our flight on wednesday (and of course more posts from you)
greets
Thomas
edit: btw: FIRST
AntwortenLöschenHey "son"ny boy,
AntwortenLöschennice to hear from you so soon. Glad you got a nice family. Quito seems to be an exciting place. 2800 m whouuu didn`t know that it`s so high!! I enjoyed your detailed post. Hope it`s going on like this!!
By the way the PC is working great.
Best wishes from all left back home - mom
hahaha ... and you told me there will be no pictures of you! ;) have a good trip, can't wait to read more of your posts!
AntwortenLöschenalex
hola alex! ... ..uh.. come to think of it, your name's alejandro now, isn't it? ^^ how's school?
AntwortenLöschenhey great starting-post! glad to hear everything's fine.. though i must say i'd love some pictures of the espinozas (i still imagine the name must be fake) and your room. :P
well i hope your hosts are taking great care of you and you're enjoying the parties and all the delicious food..
wish i was there! ;)
btw. ..why are there two different times on the catherdral's clocks?
AntwortenLöschenHi Alex,
AntwortenLöschenschaut ja alles sehr interessant aus. Südamerika wird sicher viel hergeben,
die Leute, die Landschaft, das Essen, die Kultur. Da kann man nur sagen, dass du es genießen sollst und vielleicht lernst ja wirklich ein wenig Spanisch.
Lg Philip
PS: I seems that all Viennese guys went to an English class together;)
Luckily I'm still Alex so no worries there...
AntwortenLöschenEagle eye Lena, I didn't notice the time difference between the east and the west tower - maybe they are further apart than you think ;)
The Espinosas are great, the food not so much - ate something at the mercado 2 days ago which didn't settle well -.-
Need to get used to it...
ja das mim spanisch is so eine sache, lesen gut, verstehen so lala, sprechen nicht so gut...
aber irgendwie geht imma :)
greets
alex
Hey!
AntwortenLöschenJetzt kann ich auch endlich mal kommentieren ;-)
Klingt ja alles sehr nett - bis auf das mit dem Essen, aber daran gewöhnst dich sicher noch. So schlecht kann es ja nicht sein ;-)
Hab dem Thomas letzthin schon gesagt, jetzt müssen wir unsere Fremdsprachen-Kenntnisse auch aufbessern. Das kann ja wohl nicht sein, dass du dann Spanisch sprichst und wir immer noch nur mit Deutsch und Englisch herum trotten.
Die Fotos sind wirklich schön - schaut toll aus die Stadt! Ist die Luft wenigstens gut da oben? ;-)
Ich hoff, dir gehts gut und du erlebst neben der "Schule" schön viel!
LG aus New York!
Berni
würd mich auch iteressieren ob die Uhren nur falsch gehen und die Luft da oben gut ist?
AntwortenLöschenAuf jeden Fall, ganz schön interessant dein blog, lass weiter von dir höhren
liebe Grüße
Rudi