Monday, July 15, 2013

Back to the Beach

Sorry I haven'e blogged in a while, I just got done with my classes here. Exam week went pretty well, it was busy but what else can you expect from the last week of classes. I finished up with my classes on Thursday and that night I took off with my host family to the beach in Emeraldas.

                                                   

It took us all night to arrive but we made it. My host Mom and Dad came and so did my little host niece who is 7. We stayed with a sister of my host Mom with her family. Her house was amazing. It was a lot different than houses that I have been to in Quito. Tile floors in every room and high ceiling with the wooden beams exposed. They also had air conditioning which made our stay there even better. She also lived in walking distance of the beach.



The first day we rested in the morning and then headed to the beach after lunch. The weather this day not very sunny and really windy but the water was soo warm we still swarm in it. It was really fun to have my host niece there to play with and we played in the waves for hours. The next day the weather was really sunny and we made a sand castle and played in the water for a long time.

 

The family we stayed with had employees that cooked a lot of the food that we ate. The whole weekend all I ate seafood. It was probably the best seafood I have had in my life. We had fresh fried fish, fresh shrimp in a sauce made of unripened bananas and crab. The crab was the best. It was super fresh and I learned how to eat it like the natives do. Instead of using silverware to crack into the shell you use your teeth. It got really messy but it was definitely worth the work to get to the delicious meat inside. I am definitely going to miss all the fresh seafood in Ecuador.

                                          

The last day we stayed my host Mom wanted to take me to the house of her father. He lived out in the countryside of Esmeraldas which was a little bit of a drive. The country out there is not like anything I have seen before. Green everywhere and not very many houses. I lot of the houses were up on the mountainsides and there were a lot of ranches. It was really neat to see where my host Mom grew up. I can now have pictures to put with the stories that she has been telling me about her life.

                                         

This weekend was a great way to spend my last weekend in Ecuador. I had to use my Spanish all weekend, which I think has gotten a lot better since I first arrived. Also getting to see where my host family first got started was a great way to end my trip here. I can't believe that I only have one more week left in this beautiful country.


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