Old towne, Casa de Alabado museum

Today, we went to old town, so there were a lot of old buildings. It was also kinda of a market because there were a lot of shops. But we got there really early so not a lot of shops were open. But, on the way to a plaza, Angie brought us to a shop with cool art. I got a cool bag from there. After that, we went to a plaza where a big church was. I didn't like it there cuz they were celebrating the creation of Quito and they were playing loud music. After we left the plaza, we went to eat at a small resturant and I got a juice that was half blackberry and half gunabana. It was realy good. After that, we went to the Casa de Alabado museum to see some artifacts. It was cool to see how the pottery changes over time. After the museum, we went to go get Angie a coffee. She took us to a cafe that she had gone to once. She was surprised to find out that it had turned into a kind of resturant. I got a blackberry juice, Zoe got a hot chocolate, Angie got a coffee and mother got a sparkling water. Once we were finished, we head back to the car. Along the way we got to see how many stores had open since the time we were there. So I would say it was a good day. - MH


So first day really exploring Quito. We drove down to the old town and parked the car. Then we explored. While exploring, we encountered a procession which was occurring 60 days after Easter. It blocked a whole street and was insanely long but nothing compare to the good Friday parade(look it up on notyouraverageamerican for pics). After the procession we wandered over to a museum that had tons of awesome artifacts. Many of them made from clay in intricate figures. We spent around an hour at the museum and then Angie declared it was time for afternoon coffee so we stopped at a cafe and everyone got a drink. I got hot chocolate, because chocolate ever day people!! Then after we had exhausted ourselves we clambered back into the car and headed home.

Zoe,
Out!