The First One is Dedicated to Miss Sarah-Fey

So internet is a little difficult here in Ecuador depending on where you are. I am currently at USFQ typing the first post for my blog because Sarah-Fey has threatened to disown me if I do not start one.

For right now I am only going to list a few of the lessons I have learned, and maybe discuss one or two of the awkward moments of my life thus far in Ecuador.

Lessons Learned:

1. You can never have enough quarters.

I know this might seem weird but you are going to need quarters for everything. Especially the bus. I came with $30 in quarters, and I could probably have came with more. In Ecuador, they hate to give you change. Colin Reid, called this their ¨cash crisis¨ and I am oh so thankful for Rojo telling me about how Peyton Smith brought lots of quarters, $1s, and $5s.

Awkward moment #1: So I am just doing a little shopping in the Mega Maxi, which is like at Target+ Kroger times 100. I go to the cash register and I have a total of $11.30 for some snacks, gum, and the latest 17 Magazine written in Spanish. So I take out a twenty and hand it to the nice young man. But this was my first mistake. I had not done the math in my head, so he is telling me over and over in Spanish that he wants me to give him another dollar and thirty cents so he can give me a ten back. I am trying to explain to him that I do not have thirty cents but only a quarter and a dime. This will not do. He seems to think that I am lying and making is life a lot more complicated to give me back change. This goes on for about 2 minutes and then finally a man behind me ask me if I speak English. I say yes, of course. He hands me $.05 and all my problems are solved.

So I guess the lesson is not only can you have enough quarters but you also need to have exact change for any moment in your life while in Ecuador.

Well, this is all for now because I have to go buy a plane ticket because I am going with two Frat stars, Haas Carter and Matthew Hopwood, to the beach this weekend. I am sure I will have much more to tell, and I promise to recap this past week of my life by Monday. What you have to look forward too: My host family, food, altitude, clothes, bathrooms, and taxi drivers.

Hasta Luega!