Sioux Center, when you are walking, it is very flat. But in Ecuador, you're in the mountains, so it's a lot steeper. Not the best place to be rolling your luggage 8 blocks (all uphill) trying to find your hotel.
Ice cream:Almost every other store here is an ice cream shop. It is very easy to find ice cream after a good day of school. :)
Most of the time in Sioux Center, they give you menus at restaurants (here they don't). They don't give rice with every single meal or have cuy (guinea pig) on the menu. Also, there are usually more than 3 tables in the restaurants.
School:
Here, you can sleep in until 9 o' clock and still get plenty done by noon. :) It is very nice.
Language:
Most of the people here speak either Spanish or Quichua, so you don't hear very much English. :(
(P.S. My parents can't stop talking about the prices here, since everything is very cheap, like $1.75 for a 3-course meal, $30 a night for a hotel, and 90 cents for an hour of internet.)
Rachel, very interesting comparisons. The "cheap" prices are always a talking point for us Dutchmen.
ReplyDeleteDo you realize yet that you are totally lucky to be on this trip? So glad you can do it and have such a good time.
So, have you tried guinea pig, or not? Come on, we're dying to know! Also, how does that getting up at 9 and getting lots done by noon thing work? Time go slower there?
ReplyDeleteSounds like you are having a great time. Eat an ice cream for me, okay?