Look out the window

 

Look out the window to the right....mountains

 

 

 

 

    

Look out the window to the left....city

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cute little park on the corner....

 

 

Love the wiring!

Didn't get to bed until about 2:30 this morning, but the internal clock is pretty much set for 6:30. My personal motto (one of many) is 'If you are on a trip with any connecting flights, and any legs of travel include ahead of schedule departures or arrivals - beware, those are harbingers of doom.' Well it wasn't doom, but the extra 3 1/2 hours at Miami Int'l because they had a cabin pressurization problem was a total drag.

Today is an easy day, we don't have to meet Jose until 10:00 to go to Old Quito, which is a UNESCO heritage site and supposed to be quite an architectural gem. Later, lunch at the volcano crater...hope it's dormant!

Highlights from yesterday:

 

*Found an awesome area at Logan that was quiet and out of the way, and had comfy wooden rocking chairs to hang out in.  Bonus!

*Three and half hours in Miami trying to figure out if they were going to fix the leaking window or get us a new plan (got us a new plan).

*Got off the plane on the runway, then took a bus to the terminal.

*Thought Andrei was going to pass out while waiting in the Customs line. Got sweaty and woozy, but luckily made a quick recovery. I think it was fatigue and weird eating schedules.  (Thank God he didn't hurl!)

*The luggage area is crazier than Aruba! Pretty much flung in the room, and you have to go get it and then send it thru the scanner to exit.

 

Hotel is nice, with a big, rather old fashioned room. We're in a corner room, and it has a cute little balcony (that you can actually walk on) that wraps around. Had to explain to Andrei what a 'bidet' was - I'm sure he'll be blogging a shot of that. Can get cigarettes as part of the mini bar - ha!