We are finally in Quito!! Remember I was hoping for a smooth flight to Quito? Well, the flight itself was very pleasant, but there was mucho stress before we got on the plane. Since our tickets are for more than 4 months, one of the AA agents didn't want to let us check in because if a person wants to stay longer than 90 days in Ecuador, they need a visa... So, we finally bought plane tickets from Ecuador to Peru to prove that we will not stay in the country longer that allowed (we had about 1,5 hours to do all that). However, passport control people didn't even ask for such a proof once we landed!! Anyway, I was able to cancel the tickets today (thanks Orbitz!) and save over 400$!!
First impressions of Quito and the family we are staying with? The family is really nice! Carlos and Edith are great hosts and I'm sure we'll have some good times in the future! (We already shared a round of mojitos yesterday :)) Can't say much about food yet, haven't tried much, but more expensive restaurants in Quito are not much cheaper than in Seattle (!!), so note to ourselves - we won't be eating at upper class restaurants, otherwise we'll have to cut our trip short :)
Today we also had our first Spanish class. We totally love our teacher Anabel!! We learned a lot, but our brains are fogging up a bit, I think the altitude is kicking in a bit :) Hopefully we'll remember something of what we learned today... Anyway, I'll ask Ainius to translate some to Lithuanian, my brain is really fogging up.
Nors musu siokiu tokiu nesklandumu su musu kelione is Los Angelo iki Quito, vakar vakare jau buvome Quito. Mus pasitiko oro uoste ir is karto nuveze i namus. Musu seimyninkai - Carlos ir Edith - labai malonus zmones! Vakar dar su jais nuejome islenkti kelis mojitos (kokteilis su romu) i salimais esanti restorana. Kadangi buvo daug nauju ispudziu ir kalbos, tai lova pasiekeme tik apie pirma ryto. Gerai, kad nors ryte pavyko gerokai nusnausti. Bet ilgai ilsetis neteko, nes 12 val. prasidejo pirmoji ispanu kalbos pamoka. Musu mokytoja Anabel kankino mus keturias valandas!!! Biski daugokai, bet is kitos puses - labai daug ismokome. Dabar svarbiausia atsiminti tiek daug informacijos!
Siaip jauciames neblogai, bet sioks toks nuovargis jauciasi. Neaisku, ar mes dar neatsigavome po kelioniu, ar keli tukstanciai metru virs juros lygio daro savo itaka. Zodziu, eisim siandien biski pailseti. Jei bus sveikatos ir noro galbut pasimokinsime sokti salsa!