Just a quick update...no photos....
I am currently in Quito for a 2 week training conference. I leave next Thursday night for Maryland where I'll be attending the 53rd reunion of Surrattsville High School, class of 1963, and returning to Guayaquil and my Peace Corps assignment on Sept. 1.
This time in Quito has been lovely. The training sessions have been very interesting and helpful for the most part but its been hard to stay on my diet. I even got in trouble for being too picky about the snacks they offer us at our coffee breaks. We are eternally grateful for the breaks and some of the snacks are delicious but ....I turned my nose up ( literally) at an 18oz cup of jello. I asked the girl, " Do you know where gelatin comes from ?" She said she does but I don't believe her.... I don't think anyone who eats it really knows where it comes from. ICK !!!! Major ICK!!!
But this Quito weather is beautiful..the sky is clear, the air is fresh, sunny days, really really beautiful. A very nice change from Guayaquil. I do enjoy my host family in Guayaquil and the students in the school but it is a very depressing place to live. Every day is cloudy for at least part of the day and, after spending 7 hours in the morning in the hot classrooms with 40 students, the afternoons are often so hot that I cannot leave the air conditioning until the sun goes down. Too depressing for me.
I am going on an urban hike this afternoon with some other volunteers so I might have some pretty photos to post this evening. Otherwise...hasta pronto....
Pat
Good morning, how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because through them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately, it is impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are very small countries with very few population, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this, I would ask you one small favor:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Ecuador? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Ecuador in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Avenida Juan de la Cierva, 44
28902 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally, I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez