Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Arriving in Quito, Ecuador! October 9, 2013 12:18 pm

I fell in love with Quito from the moment I arrived! They use the US dollar, I understand the Spanish here PERFECTLY (clearer than any other Spanish I've heard), the city is clean, the people are respectful, and I honestly felt like I could live and work in Quito!
 
 The view from my room in Quito


This cathedral reminds me of ones in Europe!








 Love me some nature




The most delicious dark chocolate French dessert I have ever tasted in my entire life (with my fingerprint)

Sunday, October 6, 2013

SECOND WEEK IN REVIEW

Monday 9/30
I just had an awesome conversation about the church with Oscar.  We've talked about the Restoration, the Plan of Salvation, and the commandments, haha... but we just keep talking about everything.  It's so good.


Tuesday 10/1
So, on a different note, my stomach hurts and I haven't had an appetite since I got here.  I'm not sure if it's the water here, or the non-vegan food I've been eating, but it feels like when I was on my mission and my stomach hurt all the time... zero desire to eat.  I eat maybe 500 calories per day.  :(


Thursday 10/3
I went to class with Mauricio Torres, who I taught in the MTC :) Loved it! He's studying law.  We also had crepes for lunch. That's about it!


Saturday 10/5
Conference was good! Spanish is tiring! I forgot how tired I used to be when I was first in Chile.  Oscar and I went to Mauricio's house to watch General Conference with his fam.  His dad, Ruben Torres, is in the 70.


Sunday 10/6
 Ah, second day of Conference in English (by myself, in my bed).  I noticed that I paid better attention yesterday, when I had to focus on understanding Spanish.  Today, I felt lazy about it, ha.  And I noticed a big difference with how I've felt tired every day after so much Spanish, and not today.

I CANNOT believe tomorrow is my last full day here... time FLIES!!!  I'm not ready for Ecuador yet!  I'm having so much fun here in Colombia. 

Friday, October 4, 2013

El Museo de Oro: Museum of Gold! Bogota, Colombia October 4, 2013 6:44 pm

The Museum of Gold is THE COOLEST museum ever!!!! I will let the photos speak for themselves (with my best artistic interpretation):

 Small golden boats

 Golden flute-ish instrument

 The coolest mask I have ever seen!!!!! (ever)

 Long golden sticks with small guys on them

 Pottery

 Snakes and dragons

Poporo Quimbaya! A ceremonial device for chewing coca leaves during religious ceremonies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poporo

 Famous Colombian emeralds

 Golden shield

Other golden shield

 This reminds me of the New Mexico flag?

 Warrior guys

 (Up close and personal)

Oooh, love this bracelet!

 Mystical birds

 Platypuses or platypi?

 More dragons

Just some regular guys

 Happy Halloween

 Nose ring

 Pot

 Jewels
 
 More jewels

 Flying!

The Guatavita Chief Boat!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Dorado

 Booty

And a random sculpture of a man's body sticking out of a wall at a university...