here in quito

So I have finally found my way to Quito.. after my little problematic flight, plane to Milano was cancelled, had to fly through London and Miami instead and stay a night in Miami, don´t think I´ve ever staid in a weirder hotel, from having somebody strange call me in Spanish at 5 in the morning and ask me how I am just in general and then let me know that she instead was looking for her husband to a very funny dinner with really a "glass" of wine like you serve a big portion of water.. .
Coincidentally however I met a really nice girl in the cue who had missed the exactly same route to quito, who also ïs here for 3 three months doing her dissertation for international development about the different working conditions of women on flower plantations in Ecuador. If you buy flowers from Ecuador in Vienna try to buy those that have been harvested in just working conditions, theres a whole fair trade kind of thing going on there so you just need to ask.
So I have atleast one contact in Quito, somebody to perhaps travel with. Sometimes you think whether it is more than just luck that you meet someone you get along with so well just by immaculate chance.

My English is already stuttering. Probably as I am very very tired from my 40 hour journey as well as the fact that I need to get used to speaking only Spanish. Somehow I am making myself understood and its not all that difficult. Understanding is quite easy as in Ecuador they speak very clearly and the words are basically fancy English words with an o at the end and said more aggressively.
I havén´t met anyone yet, theres noone at the appartment which is very central, well organised and has a really nice aesthetic touch and design.. The owner is a very friendly man.
There are alot of foreigners in this district.

I still have to pick up my backpack from the airport as it stayed somewhere in London and is arriving today later. That was an interesting conversation with the person in charge as they really did not speak English and I had to talk in all different tenses and answer lots of questions.. I wouldn´t want to hear that translated.

The city is extremely quiet today as I just missed a week of fiesta and bullfighting and because everyone is tired from the fiesta, there is a holiday today.. I like this attitude..
It looks very Southern, very shabby, I can´t really say as I just drove through, but its surrounded by beautiful mountains and a volcano.

Laura, it was such a lovely time in the Christkindlmarkt, it was really something quite special. thank you so much for coming to the airport so early...
Muchos besitos,
hope you are all fine and happy
Laura