Babaco, not tobacco.

This is my family's field in a neighboring town. There are papas, trigo, and avas. And cows. The next picture is from the field as well, but you can kind of get a peek of the volcano to the left of the clouds.

Today was our first day of language classes. We met at 8 and began discussing informal and formal greetings, fruits of Ecuador, and ate at the pizzeria owned by another woman's family here. It was pretty good, certainly a treat. After lunch, we walked around town to get acquainted and then boarded the bus to the larger city to test our skills at the mercado. We bought many interesting fruits that are native to Ecuador, and also bought some 'oritos' which are very small and sweet bananas. They were the highlight of my day. The bus only costs 16 cents! After we got back, we came to the internet cafe in town which we found has wireless, so I am using my own computer! Exciting, I got to skype with Dad, but he couldn't see me which is unfortunate because I haven't showered in two days. My family needed to buy more gas to heat the shower and couldn't do that yesterday. Anyways, tomorrow is our first day of technical training where the entire group comes to our city. We four ladies of our pueblo have a homework assignment concerning vocabulary about tools. I learned those words in high school, but that seems like forever ago. I'm sure it will all come back! Leave comments. I like to know who's reading my rambling :) Talk to ya'll again soon!