(This one is for you Nimithri).
The picture I snapped above is of a National Geographic Survey map found on the wall in our hotel room in Cuenca, Ecuador. The map was printed in the U.S.
There are indeed many subtle, yet noticeable, differences between life in the U.S. and the U.K. In the U.K., for example, [...]
Although it would be amazing if candy corn grew on trees, alas, these flowers are not the delicious Halloween treat you and I crave/devour/gluttonize each October 31 starting at 6:00 p.m. My internet-y efforts at identifying the particular type of flower has not proved fruitful (bad pun intended), but the picture was taken in in [...]
We found this delicious little computer store near downtown Cuenca, Ecuador. Why a person would name their store after a virus is beyond me. At first I thought maybe there is spectacular translation problem going on here—that maybe a virus in Spanish really doesn’t mean the same thing at all. Heck, maybe viruses are good!
However, [...]
You—yes you!—can own this home. I must say that I adore the hand-painted signs such as this that appear throughout Ecuador, even if it might be a little counter-productive to spray-paint a for-sale sign on the brick wall of the property being sold.
On a slightly unrelated note, I’ve been told that houses in this neighborhood [...]
Note: This missive turned out longer than anticipated. The take-home message is that I’m currently volunteering in Ecuador, I’m having a great time, my Spanish is improving (though it had nowhere to go but up), and I’ll be posting a new photo every day henceforth if you want to check in. ¡Adios!
Quito at night.
Hi everyone [...]