Today was a good day. We thought a lot about Erin and her arrival home. Her husband had returned home a few weeks ago to be with their other daughter, Addie. Addie was unable to come to Ecuador, so today was the first day that she and Adriana met. So sweet. I wish I had been a fly on the wall for that!
We decided to get out this morning and go to the El Ejido Park again because Saturdays and Sundays are "art park" days. Different artists come and set up their work all along the outside sidewalks and on the inside sidewalks clothes/jewelry/handicraft booths are set up, much like at the Mariscal Market, which we have also frequented. On the way there, our taxi driver was super chatty. He was a friendly guy, probably 70 years old, and told us that he is one of 32 children in his family. His father had two wives and each had 16 kids. How about that. Most people here think that Devin's family of 8 is HUGE. When we tell them we might have a few more kids, they are generally shocked. The driver also told us that he has been driving a taxi for 20 years. I can only imagine...he seems to enjoy it though!
Once at the park, we walked around for a few hours and looked at all the art. We did end up buying another picture. We decided that we will put one picture in the family room at our house and one in Flor's room as a honor to her heritage. The art we bought today is more a scenic picture of Quito. The artist sold it to us for $20 and it is rather large, so we feel like we did pretty well. We will have to post pictures of our art once we get home.
At the park, we decided to call Maria Dolores and have her meet us there. She lives nearby and so it was a short walk for her. After the park, we walked to Subway for lunch. Subway is new in Quito, so its kind of a big deal. Our opinion? Over-priced and not as nearly as good as it is in the states. The meat is different as is the cheese. Maria Dolores said that she doesn't like sandwiches, but was willing to eat the Subway because Ashley (an OSSO friend who spent a lot of time here in Ecuador as a site coordinator and later adopted a little boy from here as well) always talked to her about it and told her how good it is. Maria Dolores said that she liked it, so that's good. I told her it is better in the states, so should she come visit us and we will take her.
By the time we were ready to leave, the rain started, so we came home and called it a day. The kids took a nap (well Jace and Flor) and Devin and I cleaned and organized our stuff. We started packing away some of our gifts and purchases. Not that we are eager to leave or anything...but yes, we started packing.
Not much else to report today. Here are a few pictures:
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| Devin and Jacer at the park |
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| We really liked these pictures. Devin especially liked middle one on the top. Too bad they are way too large for us to get them home safely! |
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| Hallie and I got some cheap sunglasses off a vendor at the park. Here she is trying mine on. Hers are pink. I'll have to get a picture. |
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| This is how badly Flor is hating pictures these days. Not just a hand in front of the face...a whole foot. |
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| Here we are at Subway with Maria Dolores. The cookies were delicious. I'll give them that! |
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