My Spanish tutor, Alba, who I absolutely adore, told me about the South America's Explorers Club and recommended that I join. It's an expatriate club that dispenses information for expats, etc.
Okay, I was hell bent on NOT joining any expat clubs, and even avoiding any English speakers since I only wanted to (try and) speak Spanish. But, yesterday I joined the expat group. I figured, well I can't live in a bubble the whole time I'm here.
As a way to welcome new members, the club administrator had a fiesta for new members. By the way, he was African American and from NYC (Washington Heights to be exact). He seemed very intelligent, extremely nice, and easy to talk to. He gave me some quick tips on living in Latin America and what led him here. He speaks Spanish fluently (so I guess there's hope for me yet). I was very impressed by his demeanor and he inspired me to actually keep on keeping on.
I met some nice people at the fiesta. One couple I met, Jason and Michael, have been living in Quito for 14 months. They both seem to enjoy living here. Jason is from a small town in Georgia and Michael from Boston. Jason is the director of a British school here, so we talked about opportunities of me teaching English at this school. So we're supposed to talk more about that and also go bike riding next week. In all honesty, I don't think I want to live here, but the experience would be valuable until I can jet outta here to Bogota.
Details on the interview, the bike ride, and Jason and Michael as a couple later. Until then...
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