First priority Friday was a nap; it was amazing! Then we all headed down to a market that we had driven past near our neighborhood but we had not been to yet. It wasn't what we were expecting but it was a nice little afternoon walk, not like we don't already walk enough anyways ;) We did go to the grocery store by our houses and stocked up on some snack food though. Gotta love good American snack food! It was just interesting to compare prices to what things would cost in the states. Some things were about the same price while other things were a lot more expensive. Mascara that is $5 in the U.S., for instance, was $15 here!! Then you can get a huge bottle of water for like $0.30 though. It just completely depends. The Ecuadorian food is a lot cheaper to buy though and we have found some pretty yummy snacks!
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| This is the river that goes through the middle of Cuenca. If you lookon the left bank you can see a lady laying her clothes out to dry afterwashing them in the river. That is not uncommon to see. |
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| One of the random clown garbages that are all over town. This one was in the market we went to on Friday. |
After resting some more and taking our time getting ready it was time to finally experience the nightlife in Cuenca to celebrate my birthday. We went out with three of the international teachers from the CEDEI School and it was so much fun! We got dinner at the first place and it was amazing because it tasted like home!! (Can you tell we are all craving food from home since that is so much of what I write about!! haha) Then we went to a place that is actually owned by a man from the United States so it was nice to hear some English there! Our last stop was the one we were all waiting for though....a dance club!! It was so much fun!! They played a ton of our music actually too!! We had our own circle in the middle dancing and then it was funny because the Ecuadorian guys just surrounded us watching. It was really funny to watch from the outside!! It was a great night and good end to my birthday celebration in Ecuador!
Saturday was the most beautiful morning ever because I got to experience something I haven't in a long time...sleeping in!! It felt amazing! I woke up to find that we still didn't have any water at our house, though, because a pipe had broken or something the day before. We were able to go to a relative's house to shower so that was neat to see another house and another part of Cuenca.
Then it was time to go shopping! We headed back to 2 of the markets that we had already been to but didn't have much time at. Even after spending a whole day shopping at them we will definitely be heading back again too! :) There are so many neat items to buy and the prices are amazing! I get overwhelmed with how much there is and how much I want but it is a lot of fun! One of the markets, San Francisco Market, is huge and has various stands both inside and outside. The other market, the hippy market, isn't as big and really just has jewelry but there are so many neat items.
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| This is a little look at the hippy market. There is just two rows of tents like this filled with different types of jewelry. Very fun! I'll try and get a better picture sometime! |
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| This is a little bit of San Francisco market. This doesn't hardly show any of it though because it's so big. There are lots of different stands selling different types of things. |
All of the girls came over to mine and Aimee's house to talk about what we want to do on our free weekends so it was nice to just hang out and relax. Our host parents had friends over and were karaokeing in the basement so that was very fun to listen to as well! It was just very nice to have a few days to relax and do whatever we wanted on our own time. It was much needed and enjoyed! :)
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