So far I have been in Ecuador for three days and from what I can tell I am going to have a great time.Before I arrived I was really worried about my host family and whether or not I was going to be able to communicate with them, when I arrived at the airport in Quito, I was quickly handed over to my family and we proceeded to my new house.I was quite relieved to realize that my family was really understanding and that they were really patient with my Spanish.My family consists of a mother and father, and two daughters.Both the daughters are in their early twenties and are really nice.Also both girls speak English so when I am looking really confused they help me out which will be great for the beginning, I just hope I do not become to dependant on their translating skills because I really do want to learn Spanish.
Things I have realized so far:
My Spanish is not as bad as I thought.
My Spanish is better in the morning than at night. (I think it has something to do with being tired, but I am not sure)
Quito is a really modern city, I was expecting something similar to when I visited Nicaragua but I was in one of the malls today and there was a Victoria’s Secret which really surprised me.
I thought Quito was really conservative, but I have realized that is not the case, sure it might be more conservative than the US, but it is not nearly as conservative as I thought it would be.One of my host sisters Andrea actually has her nose pierced, and my other host sister is planning on moving in with her American boyfriend in a year or so which blew me away, I thought that was a really big no no in Latin American countries, but it seems to be more or less fine.
And the last thing that I have realized is not to wear new shoes when you go out and don’t know exactly what is going on because it might involve a lot of walking and then you might end up with massive blisters but you live and learn I guess.
Hello everybody, if you are here to stalk Kyla Barr on her trip to Ecuador then you are in the right place :) So as of now this is just a test to make sure this blog is actually working so we will see. The countdown is on until I leave, I have approximately two days and one very short night until I embark on this next adventure.
