Chimborazo...High in the Sky, Apple Pie Hopes
The entrance to reach the refuge. At the end of each quimester (made up word... "Semester"), we take a well-earned break. The last two years, my parents and their spouses came to visit, giving me an opportunity to revisit places in or around Quito, Otavalo and Mindo. In the first year, we had two consecutive weeks so I ended up going to Panamá with Kara and her friend, Boxer. This was my first quimester break without visitors. ( Mind you, my only visitors so far were my parents and their spouses. Do I need to guilt trip some of you to visit me? Ecuador ama la vida! ) This break, I had to dig a little bit for motivation. It is so easy for me to tell myself I am going to stay home during breaks, especially when I get the apartment all to myself. This doesn't make for good stories. If I were to write about these times, the entries would read something like this: I woke up at the same time I do for work, but without an alarm. After trying to fall back asleep for an h...