Old, Old.
Not like the US, with measly 200 year old history...
On Friday I visited a monastery built in 1625. En Serio.
El Museo De San Diego is a monastery that has opened its art collection, and tours of its church to the public. It's incredibly beautiful- with more art, history and culture that I could possibly soak up in one afternoon.
Our Culture of Ecuador class visited together with an Ecuadorian woman our professor knows as our guide. This woman could habla pretty rapido and had some definite connections... Let me put it this way, the secret room/burial chamber for deceased infants (language barrier?) behind the altar of the Monastery's church... access granted. We each ducked/climbed into this hidden room through a huge stone door that possibly weighed half a ton. It was an amazing afternoon.
Saturday I returned to Old Quito with my host family to visit a craft store (who knew yarn crafts of all kinds would connect the masses? This girl, that's who) and the City Cultural Center (a smaller, city run museum of what else... culture.) And later on returned to La Ronda (see previous post) for some late night, Euca fun.
And now, for some pictures. (no lie- going to San Diego was a total surprise. The only pictures I have are in my mind. Invite me out for coffee when I'm back state side. I'll do my best to share.)
Three cheerful ladies I don't know. What a beautiful city!
I think this may have been the first picture I took on Saturday, also one of my favorites from last week. I love that you can see the Suda America (sans A here) building along side pretty typical colonial architecture. Not only that, but out onto the mountains, you can see how far the city stretches. I kind of love it here.
Sharon and I with our host mamas. Wow, I'm pretty much a giant. Fun fact, Ecuadorians typically don't smile in pictures. So no, Lilli, my host mama doesn't hate me... she's enhancing the culture experience.
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