Hola from Ecuador It's been awhile since we wrote. Unfortunately our last few days in Quito were busy as we were trying to make travel arrangements. We had school for half of every day and stuck around home for meals or for Lukas's sake a lot so didn't have a lot of time to go off and use the internet. Bernd also broke a salad bowl and it took him [no joke[ two days to buy a new one - he tramped from one store to the next, but market stalls and shops here are n...

Quito Day 3 We had an eventfull last couple of days. Took our first of many bus rides on a very modern articulating city bus, only costs a quarter, to the historic centre of Quito, swaying with the masses as we hung on, nearly hitting pedestrians and cars crossing our ptth. Quito is a big city, packed very tightly in this very hilly area. The historic part of the city is very cool with very narrow cobblestone streets and large plazas where its great to people w...

Quito for a day and a half and we,re figuiring it all out - sort of. Travel- getting here went very well. Bernd showed no signs of anxiety and Lukas loved the adventure. We commented before we landed that if we turned around and went home now we´d be happy as we´d already had great experiences. Bernd and I each had our moments of reassurance that going to Ecuador would be OK- for him it was meeting Ecuador,s one and only professional triathlete in the airp...