US Thanksgiving

hey all,

so i celebrated my first US Thanksgiving, with a bunch of Ecuadorians! haha, yesterday, Harriett, one of the other missionaries had a Thanksgiving lunch but invited a bunch of Ecuadorians. so we sat around a table layed with turkey, veggies, carrot soufflé, and all the fixings... oh man, it was delicious! i lucked out on Canadian Thanksgiving cos we had BBQ chicken.... this turkey was JUST what i needed. i ate waaaay too much - thankfully, i'm going hiking for the next 4 days, so i'll work that bird right off!

last nite was a fun nite with Kara and Bonnie. we hit Plaza de Las Americas - the open mall version of Convocation Mall at SFU - to enjoy some fondue, and a jazz concert. cept it wasn't your usual jazz concert - it was an incredible fusion of hip hop, latin jazz, and techno. they're a band called Hidjaz, and they reigned from France, tho the leader - bass player - was from Ecuador (the fans enjoyed that!) concert was from 9:30-11:30pm and it was free! the place was filled with young ecuadorians soaking up the tunes.

this weekend, im trying to cram in as much as i can before i leave... ahhhhhhh, im leaving. i don't know if that was an excited "ahhhhh" or a scared, and anxious "ahhhhh." either way, ahhhhhh. the plan...hike to the glacier of Cotopaxi Volcano - i've heard that even tho it's a short hike time-wise, many people are out of breath because of the extremely high altitude - some 5000 meters above sea level - and that you're also hiking in gravel and ash. then sunday i hope to make it to a soccer game. the monday and tuesday i'll be hiking at another volcano, cept it's a crater lake. should be fun.

have a good weekend all!

dL