Centro Historico

Yesterday Andres and I went to the Centro Historico because the was putting on concerts in the various different plazas. We set out walking from the house but it turned out to be a much longer walk than we anticipated, so we caught a bus about half-way there so that we wouldn't arrive totally beat. When we got there, we walked around for a while and I took some photos of the buildings, because I realized that I've been remiss in taking photos of the city.

We saw this really fancy hotel on the corner of one of the plazas, and we walked in to take a look. After about 2 minutes, one of the door guards came over to inform us that they didn't allow visitors and could we please leave, but at least we got a glimpse of how the other half (more like 1%) lives. Then we went and got a coffee at this charming little restaurant that's been around for 150 years or something because I was yawning like a fool.

Then we went and listened to come high school bands playing in one of the plazas. It was really neat because the city had set up these big fancy stages with good sounds and everything for the high schoolers to show their talents. Some of them were really good too, including this one girl who had a great voice and was singing Ecuadorian songs.

And then it started raining so we went home. We had a really nice time though, and we were exhausted that evening