Sunday spent with our host family...

Sunday we had absolutely no plans.  It was quite nice!  We were able to spend the whole day with our host family and seeing different sights of Quito.

Luz and Teo took us to meet up with their daughter and her family, they are hosting Lauren and Amanda from our group.  We all went walking on a trail in the city.  It was beautiful and there were a lot of people out exercising.  We were able to see many different views of the city on this path and it was nice to get a bit of exercise.  Following our walk, we had ice cream :)  Seems a little ridiculous but hey...when it Quito!

After our snack we drove downtown to the city's water museum.  This was a place where they first began to purify water in Quito.  It is now no longer used to purify water but instead it is a museum that teaches visitors about the water cycle.  It was a lot of fun!  We went with Luz, Teo and their grandson Matteus.  Matteus, Carla and I spent a lot of time in a room where you can make bubbles using bubble wands - it brought out our inner child!

Following the water museum we went downtown to the market.  It was nice to see but they had the same stuff as every other market we have been to so far.  Later we drove around town for about 30 minutes looking for a place that sold grilled chicken, not fried.  We first went to a place called Pollo Companero, similar to a KFC, and they were out of grilled chicken for the day.  Then we went to KFC, they were also out of chicken.  THEN we went to the mall food court and believe it or not the KFC was out of grilled chicken there too!  Finally we found another restaurant in the food court that sold grilled chicken, Texas Chicken.  It was hilarious, Luz and Teo were determined to feed us grilled chicken.  As we were waiting for our food, Carla and I noticed that everyone was wearing plastic gloves to eat the chicken.  Everyone here eats chicken with their hands and therefore they use plastic gloves so their hands do not get dirty, it actually makes sense!

After our adventure around town, we came home to relax.  The weather has been cool and rainy here so it was nice to hang out inside.  Monday is my first day teaching and I will be sure to post about that soon!  Ciao for now!