Safe and sound in Ecuador

Hello friends and family. We arrived safety in Quito, Ecuador last night! We setteled into our hotel around 1:00am, which made for a long day. Many of us arrived slightly depressed because we watched three quarters of the Rose Bowl on the plane only to find out that we lost upon arrival to Ecuador.

We had a very busy day today visiting the middle of the Earth twice! The first discovery of 0'0'0' ' was a few hundred meters from the actual middle of the earth. We were very fortunate that we had time to visit both sites. Each site had a fantastic museum and we learned a lot about the different cultures in Ecuador. We saw houses built by an Amazon Tribe, shrunken heads, insects from the Rainforest, hummingbirds and we purchased handmade crafts.

We also learned that when water is drained in Ecuador it goes straight down instead of clockwise or counter-clockwise like in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere and you can balance an egg on a nail anywhere in the world however, it's "easier" in Ecuador. We all tried it however, no one was able to make it work. Here's what happened....

After our journey we had lunch, which consisted of empanadas and hellado (ice cream) and then traveled to a local hardware store and market to pick up lunch for tomorrow. We are currently sorting our donation items and getting ready to visit the orphanage tomorrow. We are all excited to meet the children and work on craft projects and help in any way we can!

Time for some pizza!!