Wednesday, September 23, 2009

We are Here!!

We have made it safe and sound. Our flights were no problem at all, and we met some interesting people. On the first flight we sat next to this woman from Columbia who was in her mid 70s and was visiting her 8 children and 50 grandchildren all around the states. She was super nice, speaking to us in broken english, showing us words in spanish and always saying how important it was to learn spanish. I liked her a lot!

We got in at 11.30 about and were met at the airport by a guy who worked for the hostel we stayed in last night. It was so surreel leaving the airport and finally getting the picture. We are going to be here for so long!! I was all kinds of nerves. Actually, still am. Casey and Ethan were welcome faces at the hostel. Ethan heard us comming and stuck his head out of the door right as we pulled up. It was such a strange and wonderful site!

Today we are headed out to this volcano by Quilatoa and community surrounding it. We are going to for their carnival for the day too! Casey and Ethan has prettymuch planned everything for us for the first few days. It is a nice break from it all. I feel like I have done so much planning to get to this point, and now I am here and I don't need to do any planning for the first few days and I am LOVING life. We will be back Saturday or Sunday.

Okay well I am off and going to go explore a little more of this strange new life that I am starting.

With love.
E

4 comments:

  1. Great news and what an interesting first posting. peace - daddy

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  2. That sounds awesome, Erika. It must've been great to see Casey and Ethan's beautiful, shining faces in a foreign place. Send them back soon, eh?

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  3. erika...
    let the adventure begin, huh?
    i am excited for you. and look forward to hearing more in the days ahead.

    lisa.
    schwank.

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  4. Congrats! That's super cool. This is really strange, because I just found out about your trip, and I went on a three month backpacking trip around South America in 2008...began in Quito, too! I hope you stay safe and have a wonderful time.

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