On Sunday Taylor, Amber and I got to do some 'tourist' stuff and walk around Old Town- the originally part of Quito- and see the cool architecture and old cathedrals. We went to one old cathedral, La Basilica, and got to climb up its many bellfrys (well I went up a few but Taylor and Amber went up all of them) and got to see a birds-eye-view of Quito! The Old Town in located in the south of Quito and is very reminiscent of Europe with its coble stones and flower -potted balconies. It is very beautiful but can also be dangerous, especially at night. Thankfully God protected us as we toured around the hilly streets and even brought us to a cute little festival that had traditional food, music and dancing! We ate some of the yummy food-Ecuadorian versions of funnel cake and hush puppies- for only a $1.25 :) enjoy! ps sorry there are so many... hehe i couldn't decide- but hey at least i cut it down to these from the 180 I took...
I love old weathered doors...
La Basilica
It has cool gargoyles after the local fauna here in Ecuador.
The mural on the main door.
Some of the stain glassed windows of La Basilica.
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Another Ecuadorian detail: A warrior and a llama
lots and lots of stairs to the top of La Basilica!
this is scarier than it looks...
Tortugas!!!
shout out to the galapagos :)
Coblestone roads
cute old couple dancing to traditional music
yummy fried stuff
President's House
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ReplyDeleteYou captured the beauty of this area so well, Lea! Thanks for giving us these wonderful pictures to use : )
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