We have just had our first Spanish lesson here in Quito, and our brains are very sore! Talk about información overload! (I just used a Spanish word, guess where).
We had an intense 4 hr lesson with our teacher Sofia, and get the feeling that learning Spanish isn't going to be as easy as we hoped! Our first lesson was basically a lecture where she went through words upon words in Spanish, and we where busy writing everything down!
So for those who haven't rushed to google translate, the title of this post means, "I am learning Spanish!", followed by, "hello, what's up? How are you? I am very well"
So as you can see, we've got a few basics, but need to memorize them better! At the moment, we are just saying sí (yes) and gracias (thank you) to everyone!
I'll update you on our Spanish conquests in a week, so hopefully we know a bit by then!
On the language front, only one worker at our hostel speaks English, and he was nice enough to walk us down to the markets on Sunday. At these markets Jacqui's dreads got the attention of a local street vendor, and then he went on to offer her weed! Haha
We also found a big public park, where there were heaps of markets, and also a street performer! The crowd loved the street performer, but we had no idea what he was on about! We also tried our luck on some street food. We saw some meat, sausage and banana on skewers for a buck, so we gave it a go. They were pretty nice, but I would have liked to know what I had eaten!
Food is ridiculously cheap here! Most meals cost $2, and often include an entree and small dessert and drink!
In other news, we had to change rooms because our toilet got blocked after una grande Jacqui poo!
¡Hasta luego!
Location:Quito
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