So here we are in the Southern Hemisphere. Our first 36 hrs and it's been quite interesting. Our Journey started with a 3 AM wake up to go to the Montreal airport on Wednesday and after spending 1.5hrs in 3 different line ups our plane left at 6 and off to Miami we were. Upon arrival at Miami we had a 6 hr layover not bad, but we had to exit and wait in lines for another 1.5hrs to get tickets and go through security again, a bit of a pain but it was done. The plane to Quito was quite nice, in fact probably one of the better planes I've taken. Captain even invited the boys into the cockpit to take pictures

Our arrival in Quito was interesting. Wind made our approach difficult and we had to turn around and try again so we were delayed in landing by 30 mins. The plane also had many Americans which were in town for the Ecuador Conference from International Living. We had the pleasure of meeting a few who were excited about what we were doing.

Now the fun stuff. Our contact/friends were patiently waiting for us with balloons and flowers it was really nice. We took a bus/taxi home which was about a 30 min drive and of course this is were we lost our first and only piece of luggage. Keefe in his daze left his carry-on, on the bus. Fortunately all that was in it was his Nintendo DS, a blanket, and a few books. I nice little tip for the Taxi/bus driver. We got to our home and went pretty much straight to bed after working out a few kinks.

Our first day. We woke in the morning to explore our new home and on our roof top we found this beautiful view   A snow capped mountain and many more around us. Not snow capped though. No snow here except on the mountain. We went by taxi for our first shop, the taxi cost us $1.48 each way. The grocery store was basically a Cosco called SuperMaxi. Having to get the regulars plus our monthly items our first shop cost $100. But of course we forgot items. So at supper we were making spaghetti and salad but had no dressing or spaghetti sauce so I attempted to go and buy some at the local depanneur. I came home with Ketchup and Vinegar, Heidi had a good laugh now we have a 2 month supply of ketchup.

All said and done so far so good and the coffee and beer is has good as or even better then I thought it would be. We will keep you posted with more fun and pics. Stay tuned.