On November 12, Roman and I went to the Ecuador versus Uruguay world cup qualifier futbol game at Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa in Quito. It was an awesome experience and we were blown away by the fact that people came from all over the world to see a game that was within walking distance from our apartment!
I know that I have posted about Parque Metropolitano before; however, since surgery on my knee in December, I have come to appreciate our proximity to the park for walks with Lucy. Roman dropped us off at the park entrance this morning and I was able to walk with Lucy for 2 hours or so. The park is absolutely beautiful with its eucalyptus trees and unexpected large sculptures around every turn. Lucy and I even came across a bunch of llamas at the entrance to the park today (At first, Lucy was not happy about them being there).
While Roman spent the afternoon playing paintball with some friends, Lucy and I enjoyed the fruit trees in our backyard and I hobbled over to “Spa de Uñas” to get my first pedicure. I should have gone sooner–it only cost $8 and the people there were super friendly and kind. I got to practice my Spanish–it is getting better now that Roman and I have been taking bi-weekly lessons. Since we haven’t posted yet this year, happy new year to all our friends and family near and far!
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Ecuador is the second largest producer of flowers in the world behind Colombia. Flowers are very inexpensive here (lucky me!); two dozen roses cost between $4 and $5. On Saturday, Roman and I traveled to a convention center in the … Continue reading
Since the equator run directly through Quito, sunrise is at 6 AM and sunset is at 6 PM every day of the year. This is taking us a little while to get used to but the sunsets are beautiful just like in Crested Butte.
The rose bushes in our yard are amazing. They are in full bloom and we notice new buds on them everyday. Even Lucy enjoys sniffing them when she goes out into the yard.
We put a nice little weekend together. On Saturday, we took the ten minute walk from our apartment to Jardin Botanico, an 18,000 square meter botanical garden in Parque Carolina. There were many areas containing various trees, bushes, flowers, and cacti. The highlight was definitely the Orchid rooms, which consisted of two separate greenhouses of differing climates. Coming in as a close second was a humid greenhouse containing carnivorous plants. In the slideshow, these are the tubular shaped flowers. The two species below traps insects by either drowning them at the bottom of the flower or closing a lid, trapping the insect. I’m definitely going to keep my head on a swivel in the jungle.
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