Casa Victoria

So crazy... but the last few days us girls have been staying at this house called Casa Victoria in perhaps one of the sketchiest barrios of Quito but its this awesome Christian community house that has graciously invited us in! We've been eating like kings here and stalking up on delicious meals to last us the anticipated days to come of peanut butter and bananas.

Some activities we have been enjoying:
-Mitad del Mundo (center of the earth)
-Pretending to learn spanish (j/k, i think we actually may be)
-Panaderia hopping (we may or may not be obsessed)
-Bartering for llama textiles
-Watching Spanish flicks
-Soccer pick up games with Ecuatorian children
-South America's largest mercado
-Hammock reading at an Andean countryside getaway
-Being lost in who-knows-where jungle thanks to the
similarities of "laguna" y "la luna" and our quechua speaking friend
-Becoming Quito navigational professionals
-Rescuing street borrachos (drunks)
-Any fruita tu quieres in the form of $.50 jugo from our fave...Nancy
-Recovering from sketch hostel situations
-Getting robbed by sneaky frickin Claudia bus thief (& CO)... aka
chicitos under the seat...whoopsies
-And learning from the same woman to carry a switchblade on buses
-Partying in a taxi turned discoteque with Patricio
-Buying street food and minor cases of diarrhea (tapeworm tal vez)
-City bus races (es loco)
-.....Looking forward to more adventures to come!