LAST weekend together in quito?!

Hard to believe that i'm starting my 8th week of school here, which means it's the LAST week of school, but it also means that after spring break, all my amigos will be setting off to their internships all over the country. in order to make this last weekend memorable, we sent this past weekend out in style with the following activities:

friday: we took our "final" spanish test on friday, so we decided it would be a good idea to celebrate the end of spanish classes and went to a cute little restaurant after school to get some dinner. we then met up with our ecuadorian buddies later to catch up and share a beer. my cute "uncle" (he's 26) called me then to tell me he was having a couple friends over to his apartment and that my friends and i should come for awhile. sure enough, he picked us up and took us back to his beautiful apartment. there, i met some of my "cousins" and we danced the night away. seeing as none of us wanted to take taxis at night, my uncle offered for us to stay the night, and we somehow managed to fit 6 people in his king sized bed... super fun night for sure!

saturday: after a much needed nap we set off to another soccer game. this one was at a different stadium but was equally as fun as the other game we went to. we even all bought jerseys for 5 dollars at the stadium... cute! after the game, since our buddy sam was celebrating his 21st birthday on sunday, we decided to go to a really nice restaurant that night. holy cow... i wish i took pictures, it was the most beautiful restaurant i've ever been to. it was in the part of the city the call "centro historico" because it's really old, has cobblestone roads, and all of the buildings are very colonial and beautiful. the restaurant we went to was called vista hermosa or beautiful view... we sat on the roof of this building with the most incredible views of the city with all the old churches lit up... breathtaking. in addition to the incredible views, there was also live music, which of course we took advantage of and danced to. after our dinner (the food was really good too!) we walked around centro historico, stopping in multiple bars to grab a beer and of course to salsa dance. what an incredible night!

sunday: after two nights of minimal sleep, i was not ready for the little family lunch we had. we left our house at about 1130 and went to my grandma's house. there i learned how to make empanadas (really cute with the whole family cooking together) and we had this soup which is supposedly what Jesus ate at the last supper... very interesting! we then relaxed the rest of the afternoon watching a soccer game and sipping on homemade milkshakes. when we finally got home at about 7 i was SO ready to just veg out and hang out on the couch with the family, but Chelsey, Sam and Kiley had all called me a whole bunch to tell me they had bought tickets for us to go see Alice in Wonderland or Alicia en el pais marvilloso, so my dad called me a taxi and i set off to meet my friends. the movie was super interesting and kind of trippy, but really cool nonetheless.

so that's my weekend! i didn't take any pictures, but once my friends but their pictures up i will post them. one more week of school then off to the galapagos! love you all :)