So, we took a bus to Chimbote and checked our email and found out the Secret Garden Hostal needed us as soon as possible to start a month long volunteer position with them. So we took three more buses, two of which were overnight and by 8 AM Friday November 28th we had arrived to Quito. We stumbled into the Hostal a bit dazed and got a great free breakfast and told we were starting the following day. They showed us to the volunteer apartment housing and we got settled in. Our co-workers here are really great, a lot of fun, and very welcoming. We will be working 8 hour shifts 6 days a week for free room and board as well as 10 hours of free spanish lessons and if we want more lessons they are half price after 10 hours. We are hoping this opportunity will help our budgets so we can do things like go to the Galapagos Islands in January, and help us improve our spanish. We will finish our volunteership on Dec 23rd just in time for our parents to arrive. Also it will be an opportunity to get to know Quito before they arrive so we can be good tour guides!
We will put up some photos soon! Love to all, it was great talking to everyone on Thanksgiving. Hope everyone is enjoying the turkey leftovers... our tuna fish sandwiches just didn´t cut it as a worthy Thanksgiving dinner!
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Yay! You made it to jessica's favorite place! Enjoy. And remember to go to go visit Papallacta on one of your days off. Abrazos, jessica and jack too!
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