Nancy Germeshausen Klavans Cultural Bridge Fellowship: Quito Summer 2006

Day 3 in Quito has been great. I already find my spanish getting better. The family we live with is wonderful. The mom does not speak english but somehow i manage to understand about 75% of what she is saying. We manage to discuss politics and learn all about Ecuador.

While walking around yesterday i couldn´t help but notice how warm the people are. They are very helpful in giving directions. Generally it seems that most people are among the middle class level. It will be interesting to see if that perception changes once i start working. I did manage to stop in to the office where iwill work on Friday afternoon. I met the Vice President who gave me a tour of the office. It seems that their work is quite strong in Quito and i look forward to contributing during my time here.

While discussing politics i was intrigued by the fact that Ecuador has had 6 presidents over the last 10 years. As Cris, the lady who i organized our home stay with, told us the people of Ecuador and in particular Quito are organized and so whenever they feel a president is not living up to what they feel they should be doing the organize for change.

Hopefully by Monday i will be able to write more about my work experience and understand this wonderous country more

Till next time…

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