The concert itself was really fun, but I felt sad for Prince Royce because the theatre was pretty empty in the expensive sections lol. The open floor section wasn't even halfway full, but Prince Royce put on an amazing show, so I guess the quantity doesn't matter. He had a woman dance on stage with him and he kissed her and gave her a rose, then he threw out a ton of other roses out to the crowd. He was just such a good artist to see live! Ahhg!
On Saturday half of the BCA group and I went on a night tour through Centro Historico. We got a theatrical tour through a church and through a home that was owned by a very prominant and religious woman. Our prompt was: What symbols do you think apply to Quito and the people of Quito? What symbols apply to your cultural background? Personally I think religious things such as paintings of Mary and Jesus are the biggest symbols. Every house I've been in has at least one, especially in the bedrooms. Also, every taxi and bus has something religious on the mirrors or windows. I said that symbols from my cultural background have to be the carvings that my grandpa has made his entire life. Ever since I can remember I've had Native American carvings, drums, clothing, and music in my life.
After the tour Zach, Elizabeth, Erin, Keith, Lily, and I went to a little restaurant called Happy Mondays on la calle La Ronda. Keith and I shared a pizza with ham and cheese and I had a cervesa while he got red wine like the classy man he is lmao. Everyone else got burgers and tacos. It was such a cute place with retro posters of movies like Attack of the 50 Foot Woman and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. I love just going out with parts of the group and sharing stories. I'm going to miss everyone so much.
On Sunday we left bright and early for Sur de Quito! Sur de Quito has become a city in the last 50 years essentially. 50 years ago it was all fields and crops except for a small town called La Magdelina. The buildings are poorly made and most are unfinished. The city is not as colorful as the north side of Quito because the aesthetics are not as important, but that's slowly changing with time. It was amazing that this huge chunk of land was inhabited in such a short amount of time. I couldn't even wrap my head around it.
In Sur de Quito we went to an interactive workshop to meet some teenagers from the area. To break the ice we did humilitating games like putting pens between our nose and upper lip and making other people grab it out of your upperlip with theirs. Then we had to stand in a line with our legs wide and the first person would have an empty bottle and ask the next person a question about them, after asking the question they would run to the back, crawl through our legs, and pass the bottle to the next person. My knees are BLACK AND BLUE lol. They were all so nice and I met a girl named Mely in a small group. We exchanged gift baskets that we made at the end of the session with notes about how pleased we were to meet one another, etc. During our workshop Daniel divided the room into four parts (agree, strongly agree, disagree, strongly disagree) and he would throw out questions like "Do you believe in God?" or "Do you like your president?" and we would go to one of the corners. It was interesting to see the differences in people's views. And we got to learn about one another's views in a non-threatening way, which was awesome.
After the games and basket exchange we got lunch and went to the park where the group played rato y gato (cat and mouse) y pato, pato, gonzo (duck, duck, goose). It was a really fun time :).
Yet again, I'm so thankful I chose to study abroad because BCA is blessing me in so many ways.
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