Sorry, but I did not get time to write last night. I had a hard day of Spanish and really needed to study. One cool thing we did was climb to the top bell tower of the basillica here in Quito. This is Ecuador, so the ladders were on the outside of the church and it was certainly a hair raising experience. I have some pictures that will freak everyone out at home. Liability? Pshaw!!!
O.k. That last post was really just a test as I was setting things up. Now the real, good stuff begins. Where to next? My kids and I are on our way to Ecuador for a month of Spanish language school. Steve will be joining us the middle two weeks of our adventure. I will answer each question in turn. Why spanish school? We don't know any spanish. Actually hablo Espaniol en poco. Muy poco. (The people who know spanish and are reading this are probably laughing.) Tate and I went to Honduras two years ago and I figured we would be able to get by because lots of people speak English. It is pretty much a universal language, right? Wrong! I could not function and felt very detached from the people and culture I was learning about. (The same thing happened in France but that was o.k. The French did not want to talk to me anyway.) We got separated from the fluent Spanish speaker we were with and I nearly had a meltdown. I coped by going into a Wendy's (yes, they have Wendy...
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Miss you guys!
Love,
G
eat cold hot dogs and drink warm
grape soda. Go Cora. Tate, my man, have you been running up the mountains? Looking foward to learning all the teenager Spanish.
All take care, enjoy, enjoy.