We grabbed some coffee and bread for breakfast (What am I going to do when there's no longer a panaderia on every corner? ....probably cry....and lose weight haha.), met up with Jenny and Kane, and took off for Parque Metropolitana which we had heard about but never seen. I am so sad that Friday was the first time I went there. To get to the park (which Jenny figured out is less of a park and more of the wilderness...#sorryimnotsorry) you have to walk up the mountain. Quito is situated between Pichincha and another mountain. All the buildings are in the valley and kind of creep their way up the mountains. So we climbed the mountain and reached the most beautiful place in all of Quito. Trees everywhere, birds, butterflies, no city sounds...just nature. It was gorgeous. I wanted to spend all day there (and probably will at some point).
We were supposed to meet Juliana, so Anneke and Jenny turned back, but I loved it so much that I stayed for another 10 minutes or so. When I couldn't put it off any longer, I turned back. Then it happened. The stupidity. "Hey, I know. Wouldn't it be fun to run back down the mountain and see if I can catch up with Jenny and Anneke?" It was actually really fun, but my legs are definitely feelin' it today! And unfortunately, I didn't catch up with them because they cheated and took a cab. But I was only 5 minutes behind them, so I'd say that's pretty good!
We hung out with Juliana for a few hours, got our nails done, and then headed home for lunch.
Later a bunch of us met up to watch Pride and Prejudice (Congratulations to Ben for watching it for the first time...most of it anyway. I'm proud of you.) and then headed out to Sports Planet where we once again sweet-talked the owner into illegally streaming the UNC game for us. Without Kendall, it was hard to watch--so many turnovers--but the team really stepped up, and Zeller was redonkulous (most likely because his name is Tyler and that instantly makes you a bad-ass baller...just sayin'), so we won in overtime. What up elite 8??! I don't think the table of Ohio fans liked us very much as we sang out alma mader, but we don't really care! And they looked at us super weird when we said "Go to hell Duke" at the end. Listen up everybody, we will always and forever say "Go to hell Duke" because no matter how badly we want to beat you, and no matter how important the game is that we just played, our hatred for them will be greater. Take it as a compliment, we like you too much to say it about you.
Saturday, I got up and made a cake for Anneke's birthday dinner, and then went to see The Hunger Games with Jenny. It was phenomenal. I felt like I'd had a work out when I left because my heart was racing and my arms and legs were sore because I was so tense with excitement. That is the first movie that I feel like has really done a book justice. It's much harder to watch than to read, but they did an amazing job staying true to the characters and the plot. AND it was filmed in NC!! Carolina....best in the world.
Last night we went to dinner for Anneke's birthday at this fancy Italian place with over 50 kinds of pizza. It was delicious and we finished it off with the cake I made! Great night.
Sorry for the lack of pictures. I figured Spring Break was coming and I was going to flood you with pictures then...so I'd give you a break this weekend.
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