A few funny thinga about Quito... A pocas cosas divertidas sobre Quito

Hola Sola Lectora!

The first pic in this entry is of Parque Carolina por la noche :) Apparently es muy peligrosa... but I am not completely convinced yet... :)

Yesterday I went to the museum of Guayasamin - Ayer, fui al museo de Guayasamin. Guayasamin is a world famous Ecuadorian artist, and his paintings (as well as the museum) were amazing (pix to the side).

Ok - Bueno, a couple of funny observations about Quito:

1. Red lights and stop signs are truly only a suggestion here, one often not followed :) De luces rojas y signo de alto son realmente sólo una sugerencia aquí, uno a menudo no se siguen
2. McDonalds is super popular! People have bumper stickers! and you know how the slogan is "I'm loving it" in English - yep you guessed it, "Me Encanta"!! En Espanol! woah!
3. Hay muchos perritos - There are many cute little dogs all over the city! but unlike many strays in the US (EEUU), casi todo - almost all of the strays here seem to be nice! how funny! :)
4. La Hora Ecuatoriano - Time seems to have it's own meaning here... Oh, dinner starts at 7 you say?... wonderful! see you around 7:20 ish :) hehe, I love it!
   

Finally - a few words about the layout of the city - the best analogy I think there is, is that the city is shaped like a banana split :) -

la mejor analogía, creo que hay, es que la ciudad tiene la forma de una banana split. I live somewhere near the center (lengthwise) but at the top of the bowl (width wise). In other words, I live on the side of one of the mountains (hills? - colinas :) that borders the city. Which means, every morning on my walk to and from school (or other places) I get half an hour of beuatiful vistas! Who could ask for anything more? :)

Anyway, eso es todo por hoy!!

Hasta pronto!

~Alida

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PS - Voy a ir a la playa esta fin de semana - I'm going to go to the beach this weekend, so possibly the next post won't be til Monday, but I will have plenty more pictures for you by them hopefully! Espero que voy a tener mas fotos bonitas de la playa para Uds en Lunes!!