returning to my lovely quito home

We packed up all our stuff, had runny scrambled eggs for breakfast (no fruit today) and walked into town to buy souvenier t-shirts.We said goodbye to our families. Linda's family has a house in Salinas, a beach near Guayaquil so when Ali and I do our coast tour we're going to stay with them. Jofrey offered to show us all the cool things in Guayaquil so that will be great. We boarded to the bus to head to the airport, which was actually very full of people, surprisingly. We had a (overpriced) lunch, saw the celebrity dancer/model couple and one of the singers from the night before and went through security. This was the most lax security I have every seen in my life. The guy unzipped the top of my backpack, glanced down for three seconds, and zipped it again. They didn't even run it through the x-ray machine. I can't blame him for not unpacking it, since it was absolutely stuffed and it would impossible to see what was in the bottom without taking everything out, but I was still surprised.

On the plane I was one row ahead of the exit row, but there was nobody behind me so I moved and had leg room and an extra seat :) We had a pretty good lunch of a turkey chicken sandwitch with a couple vegetables and the yummy mousse-ish desert that I had at my host-uncle's restaurant last week. Ali didn't like hers so I had that one and when Natalee woke up she didn't want hers either so I have on in the fridge downstairs for dessert later!
In Quito we said goodbye to the nice couple from Ambato, and they told us to call them when we come visit, so that will be fun. I took a bus home (yay for spending 25 cents!) and enjoyed my nice hot, clean shower.
A bunch of my host family was over last night so we all relaxed in my host parents bedroom (that's the normal place to relax here) and enjoyed watching the three little kids (ages 6, 2.5 and 1.5)run around. Their aunt said they looked like the three stooges. I remember the first few time the family was all together; I didn't understand anything. Now I don't understand everything, but I definitely catch a lot more :) I was also actually part of the conversation since I told them about my weekend, which was nice. We watched half of the movie The Majestic (dubbed in Spanish, of course) and I understood most of that too, except when my aunt or mom would talk on the phone (which happened alot haha).

I'm pretty sure that was everything exciting from my long weekend!
Love Alex