Centro Historico de Quito, and all that Jazz

CEC, QUITO, Y el Restaurante Fenix

Hola, today it is raining in Ecuador and it is a beautiful sight. There is this huge cloud cover that comes over the city and makes everything look spectacular. La lluvia en el ecuador es comun y todos siguen sus dias como siempre. Esta es mi bella amiga aline dando su clase de ingles en CEC donde estudiantes de nivel economic bueno llegan a estudiar la cultura y el idioma ingles. Dice mi amigo Mark que el lenguage es el contexto de cultura y de su vida en general. Y yo estoy de acuerdo. Ahora ando explorando la ciudad yo solo. y me dio un miedo muy grande cuando sali de el apartamento yo sola. Pero me lo olvide y segui conociendo. Que aventura cruzar el circulo de trafico! Casi me mataron como 3 veces.

I know its a little blurry. This is the sight from Plaza Grande in Old Towne Quito. There are such beautiful colors in the city and the lights make all the difference. The beauty and people of ecuador remind me that i have and am living a priviledged life. I am blessed to have today, and everything today brings. I almost want to leave my life back home and stay in South America to see how i can make a difference here...

Cuando regresamos a casa de CEC Aline y yo pasamos por un restaurante muy curioso. Y se llamaba Fenix. Dos dio tanta risa que decidimos tomar una photo del restaurante Fenix con Fenix. Goofy, I know! But we couldnt resist taking the picture. I think I was telling Aline how silly this was. HAHAHHA!

Quito, Ecuador

Hola mi gente. Quito es un lugar muy lindo y lleno de cultura. Hay muchisimos edificios y muchisima gente. Los caros no paran para la gente. La gente tiene que parrar para los caros. Y hay un bus que se llame el Trole en el cual la gente entra y sale a empujones. Aline y Mark tienen un apartamento muy lindo y me han tratado muy bien desde que llegue. Ayer, conoci las clases de ingles de Aline y a todos sus estudiantes! It was great. Her students were excited to meet me and I got the chance to walk around town a little bit while i got to see, smell and taste the city. Ecuador is not what i expected but it is wonderful nonetheless. I am having a great time here with Aline. More to come (when I can upload pictures)... fc

Ecuador here I come

OK kids, here i am giving an award last November to the volunteers at atlanticrecoveryservices.org It is a great program helping youth at risk. OK, so i turned 30. Yes, 30 and i am not sure how i feel about it. Hence, I am taking this trip to visit my dearest friend Aline in Ecuador. Maybe some time in the Amazon among Spanish speakers will help me decompress and come to terms with my life and just being happy. I think I have overlooked that.

Well, I am an overachiever, and I have always had these delusions of grandeur like my life has to make some sort of global difference - but then a good friend of mine asked me if I was happy and I wasnt really sure how to answer that. Yes, I am happy but this cant be it. this cannot be it. My life has to mean more than what it does now.

And is 30 written on my face... the nurse at the travel clinic today told me (out of the blue) that i need to find myself a nice man. a genuine man. a talented man. someone who will love me and make me happy. I WAS LIKE WHAT! WHERE IS THIS COMING FROM! You have got to be kidding me. Then she said I shouldn't worry about being 30 unless I want to have kids. I am not sure why but she held me captive in her office while she was giving me my travel shots telling me how and why I should find a "nice" man. Then she goes on to tell me that there are not that many "nice" men left. I am not sure why God had this in the cards for me today. But going to Ecuador will help me figure things out. To be or not to be happy?