Yesterday morning when we arrived at the market it was so clear that you could see the snow-capped Cotopaxi Volcano completely in the distance! So pretty! It's been a month now that we've been here...I don't think I'll ever get used to the views. The kids are so fun, and I'm getting to know their names and personalities more and more each day. I wish I could get pictures at the markets more often. There's this 3-year-old boy named Jimmy and his older brother Edison. Jimmy loves building cool things with the Legos; his favorite thing to make is a gun. "Pistola! Pistola!" He can cry at the drop of a hat if someone takes a Lego away from him. Jimmy loves to make us laugh too! During our first week after lunch, he joined us a bit early and used us as human jungle gyms. We were on a grassy hill, and just near it is tall grass and what looks like a cliff that goes down really far. Jimmy would look at us, smirk, and jump off the "cliff." He loved to see our reaction because he didn't drop as far down as it seemed! Silly boy!
When we arrived back from the market yesterday we went to the VCE office to do some planning for an upcoming trip, then we picked up our laundry at the laundromat. In the morning we dropped off a huge bag of dirty laundry, and they washed, dried, and folded it for us for $6. On the way to pick up our clothes, we saw a beautiful sunset, and I wished that I brought my camera! Then we headed to the mall so that Mike could get his haircut. I was looking for this place I knew of last year, but we couldn't find it, so we talked with the information desk in the mall, and she suggested two places. It was quite busy, but we still didn't have to wait. We showed Ivan, the hairstylist, a picture, and away he worked. I sat on a couch behind them, and Mike did a good job getting his point across in his conversations with Ivan. He kept trying to get me to help him to translate, but I refused. He got his hair cut, washed, and styled for only $6!
After his haircut, we went back home to eat dinner and get ready to go out on a date to La Ronda for dessert and traditional music. We had a canelazo drink, a passion fruit truffle, hot chocolate, and blackberry pie! Delicious! They had brownies, but we can't just eat any old brownie now after that amazing brownie in Mindo.
Tomorrow we will be venturing out of the city to relax in the hot springs of Papallacta, which is about 2 hours away from Quito.
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