Just a few highlights for now (I´ll post pictures once I´m back in the homeland, but we get to [have to?] meet with the archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador, in a little bit).
- Wabash College is treating us very well down here. The hotel we stayed in last night welcomed us with a hot, mint-scented damp washcloth, a welcome drink, turndown service, hot water bottles tucked between the sheets and blanket to make sure that everything was warm and toasty, rose petals scattered on the bed, and a beautiful colonial house setting.
- Yesterday we went to some Incan ruins, among which several llamas were chilling out, chewing their (or someone else´s) cud. I got my picture taken with one of them. Frank put me on an alpaca mailing list a while ago, and so it seems oddly appropriate to make acquaintances with the creatures that have been inhabiting our mailbox in the form of pamphlets, alpaca festival notices, and purchasing catalogs.
- Ecuadorean food uses a lot of banana (fried plantains), yucca (breaded and fried), hominy and popcorn, and seafood. I told some of the other professors that I grew up putting popcorn in my tomato soup just like Ecuadoreans do. Did I grow up in Ecuador, and just never know it? Or is that something that Mom and Dad learned in Peru?
More later! My love to all.
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