Things I love about Ecuador

                                                    
I only have a little more than two weeks left here in Ecuador. I am started to get a little excited about going home but I do not want to completely have my mind check out because I am still here and I need to keep enjoying every last day that I am here. So I decided to list out all of the things that I love about Ecuador as a reminder to cherish these things while I can.

First I have come to really enjoy the convince of public transportation. I can go to soo many places just here in the city of Quito for super cheap. Back home if I want to go anywhere I am the one paying for the gas so sometimes that can make traveling limited but not here. That is something that I am going to miss. Also people watching in the bus stations can be pretty entertaining.

The next thing that I am going to miss is lunch with my friends. I have really started to get close with some girls that are also studying abroad. Everyday after class we have lunch together. I love how lunch works here, we pick a place, pay a maximum of $6 for tons of food, and sit and relax together for sometimes 2 hours. I am going to really miss my new groups of friends here (I might have to do some traveling back in the U.S. to visit them).

I am really going to miss nature here. There are so many different kinds of plants here and also being surrounded by mountains and volcanoes everyday is pretty amazing. I will miss just looking out the window during class and seeing the mountains and the sky go on forever. You just don't get those kind of views in Michigan.

                                             

I will defiantly miss speaking Spanish as much as I do here. I love going to church in Spanish and I will miss the friends that I have made at church. I have always heard that South Americans are very friendly and welcoming and I think that it is true. No matter where I go weather it be at church or with another students home here the people here are so kind and welcoming. They will do anything to make sure you are comfortable and they always make sure that you are well fed.

The thing that I think I will miss the most about Ecuador is my wonderful host family. Over the weeks we have had some wonderful conversations about everything around the dinner table, that I will never forget. They have really welcomed me into their family and I will always have a family here in Ecuador that will always be in my heart. I am really going to miss all the work that my Mom here does for me and especially here cooking. I am going to miss the stories that my host Dad tells, he is always very animated when he tells stories. I will also miss the jokes and teasing from my host brother. I am going to miss my little host nieces a lot and their little cute voices in Spanish.

Living in Ecuador has been a blast. I have enjoyed my time here so much and hope to make the most of the next two weeks that I have here. There are so many things that I love about this country and I am sure that I am going to talk everyone's ears off about it when I get home.