Last weekend a group of us went to a friend's hacienda (farm) about 5 hours south of Quito. We had a really great time--rode horses, saw how to grow bananas and sugar cane, hiked up to a waterfall, saw all the farm animals and also went to our first bull fight. We ate all fresh food grown from the farm. It was really nice to get away from the city for a weekend.
This week was our final week of class. I turned in a final paper for my Microfinance class and also had to give a presentation. The final phase of the semester begins tomorrow morning--the internship!
I can't believe I've been here for three months already! Tomorrow morning will be really hard! I've made some of the most amazing friends here and I am really close to my host family, so leaving Quito and everyone behind is tough. I'm doing my Microfinance internship in a small town called Quisapincha, 30 minutes up the mountain from one of the main cities in Ecuador. It's going to be a huge challenge--no one there who speaks English, no other students around, rural community. But I think I can do it and I know I'll be a better person when I leave!
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