Old Quito

Today the morning was pretty similar to yesterday morning with the cultural training. But in the afternoon we toured Old Quito. The way we got there was by taking the trole (or trolley). It costs about $0.25 per person to ride, so pretty cheap. Some may wonder how they can keep offering this service for so little money, but they definitely get their money's worth. They PACK people into the trole! There are some seats like a regular bus, but standing room is the norm. At one point during the ride I was getting pushed farther into the trole and I looked behind me and gave the older lady sitting down behind me a sympathetic look because I felt bad for practically sitting in her lap. She just looked up and smiled and patted her lap indicating I could just sit all the way down. I didn't of course, but it made for a good laugh. :)

During our tour of Old Quito we went to the Basilica and many other churches. At the Basilica we were able to climb up one of the clock towers and one of the other towers in the back of the church.  The view from up there was amazing and you could almost see the whole city of Quito!

This is the front of the Basilica. Well, the upper half of the front.

These are a couple of the other interns. The one on the left is my roommate and the one to the right is one of the interns that live one floor up in the apartment building.

There is also a church that has 70 ton of gold in it. We were not supposed to talk pictures, but I didn't know that until I took one. So, this is just one section of the church, there was much more gold to be seen!

Here is one more peek at the city from up in the Brasilica.

All that walking at over 9,000 feet is tiring! Buenas noches!!