I Have A Home!!!!

YAYYYY!! I am typing this from my precious host family's house! It feels soooo good to finally settle down after being on the move for a few days! My family is so sweet, and I love them. I even get to play with a little baby for a month : )

Anyways, I haven't been able to really post a lot simply because I have been so exhausted. So I will try to summarize what has happened recently. So on Monday, we visited a local school, which was a lot of fun. It was all ages and it was a Catholic school, so it definitely brought back memories from my schools. The kids were so sweet. We listened to what the director of the school had to say, and then we got to watch a class for a little bit. It was crazy how different it was from my schooling experiences. I literally thought it was chaos. Kids would constantly be running around and the teacher just didn't stop teaching. It was crazy! They kids were so sweet though. As soon as my classmate and I entered the room, the kids all ran over and gave us hugs. It was adorable and I loved them. We also got to play with them during recess outside for a little bit. Overall, it was so much fun and none of us wanted to leave. Also, the bathrooms were an experience...the pictures I added don't really show how gross they were, but yuck!!! Thank goodness for travel toilet paper!

The school we visted

The classroom

Teacher teaching

The yucky bathroom

More yucky bathroom

After this we headed to Mitad del Mundo, which is the equator!! This was definitely a tourist spot, but it was a lot of fun to take pictures! We did a little shopping and ate lunch there as well. Food is so cheap here! It literally cost $11.50 to have lunch for three people, with sodas and dessert. I wish I could bring back these prices to the United States!!!! They also had llamas there (I'm not really sure why) but we went over and looked at them. It was a really cute place to visit, because they had a lot of things to do that we just didn't have time for.

Mitad del Mundo

Me in two hemispheres in the center of the world!! (where I belong)

View from the top of Mitad del Mundo

View from the top of Mitad del Mundo

Llama!

Mitad del Mundo

Finally, yesterday we were able to go to this spa resort place. It was absolutely breathtaking. We were so high up in the mountains that we were in a cloud basically. They had thermal baths that we got to relax in and I also got a massage this morning. It was wonderful! It was a great way to relax before beginning all of our hard work!