Hey, all! In this post, I will list 10 pros and cons about Quito (so far)!
1. We were doing some cooking one day in school, and I cut myself pretty badly. It was a lot of blood. But, I'll live :-).
2. I take the bus home from my school, and it's one of those fancy buses with a TV (never used), comfortable chairs, seat belts... yep, it's a blast.
3. There are awesome views, good to stare at at night.
4. The water pressure is really bad here, so I could have a hot shower with only 1/3 of what it'd be at sea level in the states.
5. My family tries to get out to this restaurant called the "Magic Bean" once a week. They have the best pizza, salads, burgers, and desserts you could ever eat...
6. The apartment my family rents is HUGE. It is more than 2000 ft squared.
7. I don't have as many things to keep myself entertained with here, and we can't touch anything expensive, because we just rent the place...
8. I have been beating more things in my video games in Quito, so I wonder if it's a sign or not!
9. Unknown
10. Unknown (hey, I can't think of EVERYTHING!).
So, hope that was sort of interesting.
Question Just for Fun: In words (English words), how much is $29.995 (A price in Ecuador)?
Answer to Last Week's Question: Monday & Thursday.
Spanish Vocab: Blanca (Spanish)= White (English)
So, my sister and me started school on Monday, the 21st of January. It is a VERY nice school. The first day we were supposed to go there, I got scared and nervous in the morning. It's always hard with new things.
The kids there are very nice. I haven't made any real friends... but I'm working on it. The school is awesome. Most of it is outside, for it doesn't snow or rain heavily. They supply you with most of the stuff you need, and, as a bonus... there are three recesses a day. Yup, three! The first one is ten minutes. The second one is thirty minutes, and the last one is ten minutes. There is a fifteen minute lunch before the half an hour recess, so if you don't finish your lunch during lunch time, you can finish it at a picnic table during recess!
Another cool thing is the uniforms. There not all first-classy, with a tie or anything, but it's actually pretty cool! Let me show you...
Regular School Day Uniform
Sports Day Uniform (The day I have Sports)
So, that's it for now. Hope you all enjoyed the info I gave you. Make sure to be up-to-date on this blog!
Question Just For Fun: Guess what days you think I have Sports.
Answer to last weeks question: Who knows!
Spanish Vocab: Beinvenido a América (Spanish)= Welcome to America (English)
So, now we are really settled in Ecuador. I'v gotten more used to it, but it is still hard. One of the hardest things is walking up hills. The hills are really steep here, and it can get hard at 9,000 feet at altitude.
Some good news is that we've been accepted into a school!It's called "Fundacion Colegio Americano". My sister and I had an interview Thursday. I had to take a bunch of tests to find out what level I was at for the school. Below is a picture of the school logo.
So, now that we are settled, I can show you a video of a tour of our apartment.
So, yeah, we're all settled. I hope the video is OK. If it looks bad, I really am sorry.
Question Just for Fun: What came first: The chicken, or the egg? Answer will be posted on next post.
Answer to last post's question: 1:05 am Wednesday (Sorry, I forgot to put the day we left in the question. As long as you got 1:05 am, you're right!)
Spanish Vocab: I don't speak Spanish (English)= No hablo espanol (Spanish).
So, I got to Ecuador late into the night on the 15th of January. For the first day, it wasn't really the best. I was totally sleep-deprived from only getting 5 hours of sleep. After that, it got worse.
Quito, Ecuador (where my family and me are staying) is at 9,000 ft of altitude. So, it can create headaches, nausea, and dizziness. But, one of the worst thing for me was the smell. Quito has TONS of cars, creating TONS of pollution. The smell has been bothering me a lot. So, really, there are tons of buildings for tons of people who need tons of cars.
But, Quito also has its upsides. Look at the picture. Do you see those awesome mountains in the background? Those are one of the upsides. The apartment my family rents is also awesome. There is a lot of fancy furniture, especially in the living room. The picture below is a fancy horse statue.
So, yeah, life is OK here so far. It's definitely not Paradise, but it's not a total dump, either
Question Just for Fun: My family has a flight to Quito, Ecuador. We have to get to an 11:10 am plane flight early , so we leave at 8:15 am from our home in Quincy, MA. It takes 45 minutes to get to the air port, then it takes 75% of an hour to go through security. We then wait until our first flight at 11:10 am. The flight takes 3 hours 10 minutes. Once the flight is done, my family travels across the air port to our next gate, for a 6:10 pm flight. The time to travel across the air port is 20 minutes. Then, we wait for the 6:10 pm flight. The flight takes 4 hours 45 minutes. We get to the airport in Ecuador and go through customs, baggage claim, etc. for 1 hour. Then, we find our taxi guy and put our luggage into the taxi, which takes 50% of an hour. Then, the drive to the hotel takes about 40 minutes. What time and day do we get to our apartment if we left for the air port in MA at 8:15? Answer will be posted on next post.
Spanish Vocab: Thank you for the service (English)=Gracias por el servicio (Spanish).
