Today we went to a little town outside of Quito called Lloa. Leo had been there before on a bike ride to eat lunch, but it was the first time there for the rest of us. It reminded me of Huancayo, especially the little restaurant that we went to and the scattered stands selling alpaca sweaters and beanies.
Leah and I ordered the chicken and the boys had lamb and fish. They didn't serve much to drink, so Leo walked next door and got a pitcher of chicha de jora for us. During our lunch, a fly ended up in Matteo's glass. He didn't want to drink it anymore, so I traded glasses with him and just fished the fly out. Maybe not the most sanitary thing, but I figured I'd probably experienced worse. The boys were pretty impressed at me drinking "fly juice." haha Joshua had gotten hold of Leah's sunglasses and was hamming it up with them on.
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| Joshua wearing Leah's glasses upside down. |
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| Leah, Leo, and little Lucas in Lloa. |
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| The restaurant we went to was called La Cueva del Oso (The Bear's Cave). |
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| Me with my barbecue chicken, sausage, choclo (corn), and salad. Mmmm!!! |
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| Joshua, little Lucas, and me. |
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| A church in the town of Lloa. |
I bought a scarf for an Ecuadorian soccer team and Leo bought Matteo a hat for the team he roots for. Like always, Joshua was asking for ice cream, so Matteo and Joshua got some ice cream before we left.
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| Matteo and Joshua enjoying their ice cream. |
After we drove back into Quito, we went into the Centro Historico to see if we could catch the Hecho a Mano (Made By Hand) market. I took some pictures of the buildings as we walked into the part of the downtown area where the market had been set up.
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| A church in the historical downtown of Ecuador. |
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| Centro Historico in Ecuador. |
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| The angel on the top of the mountain in Quito's historical downtown area. |
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| Leah's family walking down the street in downtown Quito. |
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| The plaza where we were hoping to go to the Hecho a Mano market. |
It turned out that the Hecho a Mano market had ended the day before. We were disappointed, but we went into this other store that had a bunch of interesting jewelry, statues and other artwork, and also chocolate. They had a little museum with some of the statues and pottery. They were all for sale and if the prices had been a bit lower, I would have thought about buying one of them. They were really beautiful. I ended up just getting some chocolate and a necklace made of seeds from the jungle. They were the same seeds that they use for jewelry in Peru. We then went to get some juice and dessert from the restaurant attached to the museum and store. I got banana cake with chocolate sauce and a side of berry sauce. Leah got a quimbolito, which is a typical Ecuadorian tamal-like sweet. It was really tasty.
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| Banana cake with chocolate and berry sauce. |
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| Leah got an Ecuadorian sweet called a quimbolito. |
After our treat, we made our way back home to get some much needed rest after another great day. :)
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