Currently I am staying with a host family and I wasn't really sure how I would like that but it is pretty great. The night I got here the host mom walked me up five flights of stairs showed me a room and then left the apartment. We are staying in this four story apartment type thing and all the stories have their own entrance and the volunteers occupy one of the floors. At the time I arrived I had no idea that anyone was even on the floor with me so I was a little freaked out. I finally got settled and went to sleep and the next morning I was shocked when seven other people started emerging from different doors. There is 8 living on my floor right now and I lucked out by getting my own room, we do however all share one small bathroom. I was relieved to know that I was in a full house though.
The second day all the new volunteers went out on a tour of Old Town Quito. The pictures below were overviews of the city. The city is so pretty and so colorful! I can't get over all these views.
Every Monday the President come out onto the balcony to greet the Ecuadorian people. While in office he declared himself president for life.
During the tour we went and toured a few old churches. The architecture and detail was amazing.
The second day all the new volunteers went out on a tour of Old Town Quito. The pictures below were overviews of the city. The city is so pretty and so colorful! I can't get over all these views.
The soldiers outside of the president's house.
Candid shot of an Ecuadorian boy. He followed us around most of the morning trying to get us to let him clean our shoes.
We were in the area where this little boy was for around two hours. It didn't move within that period and nobody was around watching him, he just sat there.
Anyway, that sums up the first few days in Quito. The city was so pretty filled amazing architecture and so many colors, it still blows my mind.
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