Riobamba!

We are now in Riobamba, a smaller city south of Quito. The past few days have been a serious adventure. Thursday we got up early drove the give hours to Riobamba and went on a tour of the city- then Thursday night Addison, Hunter Sarah and I got hooked up with the honey moon suite? It was hilarious. Jacoozie (spelling?? ) huge king sized bed, but it was only one night so we got some cots and made it work! Then Friday we went to an indigenous village where we spent the night in cabins and they told us about how they grew all their own food ect. It was really neat. Our bus driver was a crack head and kept us cracking up the whole time- he loved to repeat anything we told him to say you can only imagine. The next morning we drove up to Chimborazo- the highest peak in Ecuador and the closest point on earth to the sun! All the boys got really sunburned because we didnt even think about how the snow would reflect so much sunlight! By Saturday night we were all really sick of the same traditional ecuadorian meal (bread, soup, avacado, chicken or beef, rice, veggies and the occasional sketchy dessert) Sunday we went to a market and bought some regalos (presents) and then rode a cable car across a really nice lookout. While we stopped to take pictures a group of Ecuadorians came up to ask and asked to take pictures with us then asked if Molly would be in one of their music videos- maybe the sketchiest and funniest thing ever. Sunday night we met our host families in Riobamba, we were all really hesitant and worried but it all turned out fantastic! Hunter, Addison, Meghan and I got put with the same family- we have the nicest mom, she is an older single woman and she lives in a huge house for Ecuador- lots of bedrooms, a great dining room and in walking distance from our school!!!! She was so so nice and we are all excited to live together for the week- her house is like something out of a museum, clearly built before electricity its so quaint and cute i wish we could stay for the rest of the summer. I was glad to see our spanish teacher today, Amporito after a whole week with out her! Our final exam is Friday so we are going to start preparing for that soon. Riobamba is so nice!!! cobblestone streets, nice people, less pollution and noise. Everyones spanish is really improving too. A week from today we will be on a boat in the Galapagos! Yay! Thats all for now! Chao!