I can't believe how coming back to Ecuador literally felt like going home...I know I only lived here for three short months!And my Spanish is not very good....but minor details right? Well I guess when compared to the perfect will of God....YES!! At the sight of Ecuadorians I nearly flipped, I was so excited, and seeing some of their customs and normality's make me even more excited to go back and share all of these experiences with my family.
I'm here, and I love it! All the things that seemed so strange to me seen so normal. I had forgotten how much I love this language, the people and this country. It's amazing to share this with my family. The taxi and bus rides, the friendliness of the people, the Spanish language, the empanada's, the cheese bread, the mountains, the sights, the sounds....ok well most of them!
Some things I had forgotten about...like throwing the toilet paper in the garbage or how hard it is to go grocery shopping sometimes or how much people stare or how cold the nights are...ok nothing else coming to mind at the present....
I know that I already love this country more than ever! If only I could speak more Spanish! Well I'm working on it. But I was quite amazed when I was able to flag the taxi, have a successful shopping trip and get dropped off right at the door of our house! :) Natasha I cannot say thank you enough! Thank you for putting up with me and thank you for your translating advice! I'm putting it to good use. I have to say my Spanish vocabulary is rapidly growing... having a Spanish speaker in the house is defiantly helping! I love it!
Even the uneven sidewalks, the one hour (it seemed that long, I think it was only like 30-45 min.) that it took for us to get taxi's to come to our door to pick up the sick family members, the translators, the people asking for a different amount of change or telling us they have change then they run off to find someone else that does....they all remind me where I am and its funny how the things that use to bother me, I know just expect and don't get bothered by it at all! It's an adventure...take the ride...I was a little nervous when moms card got stuck in the ATM machine....but God provided, we found help and moms card came out and I sighed with relief!
One fortunate thing about people finding our your Spanish is not so good is pretending not to understand the all to friendly taxi drivers questions...a ya lo siento..."shrug shoulders"....smile.... :)
Some things I had forgotten about...like throwing the toilet paper in the garbage or how hard it is to go grocery shopping sometimes or how much people stare or how cold the nights are...ok nothing else coming to mind at the present....
I know that I already love this country more than ever! If only I could speak more Spanish! Well I'm working on it. But I was quite amazed when I was able to flag the taxi, have a successful shopping trip and get dropped off right at the door of our house! :) Natasha I cannot say thank you enough! Thank you for putting up with me and thank you for your translating advice! I'm putting it to good use. I have to say my Spanish vocabulary is rapidly growing... having a Spanish speaker in the house is defiantly helping! I love it!
Even the uneven sidewalks, the one hour (it seemed that long, I think it was only like 30-45 min.) that it took for us to get taxi's to come to our door to pick up the sick family members, the translators, the people asking for a different amount of change or telling us they have change then they run off to find someone else that does....they all remind me where I am and its funny how the things that use to bother me, I know just expect and don't get bothered by it at all! It's an adventure...take the ride...I was a little nervous when moms card got stuck in the ATM machine....but God provided, we found help and moms card came out and I sighed with relief!
One fortunate thing about people finding our your Spanish is not so good is pretending not to understand the all to friendly taxi drivers questions...a ya lo siento..."shrug shoulders"....smile.... :)
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