We stayed a week in Quito, Ecuador. I think I can say that so far it’s been the only bigger city in South America that I’ve actually liked. People generally left us alone (in most other places they try and sell us stuff with force), it was quieter (honking seems to be a major pasttime everywhere else), and I actually enjoyed the cooler weather after coming from Costa Rica and Colombia. Also, our hostal (Hostal Chicago) was awesome and we met alot of cool people on their roof top patio.
Our reason for staying a whole week in Quito was that we were able to take cheap personal Spanish lessons at the hostal, and we thought that would be a good idea. However, it just so happened it was Easter Week (Semana Santa) and in Quito they do some weird things to celebrate.
During the days leading up to Easter, Brianna and I would:
