In one word: perfect. Let me back that up with some facts. Air-conditioning and whole-house heating are obsolete in almost every home in Quito. The high hovers around a mild 70 degrees Fahrenheit (20
November13, 2019
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October16, 2019
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What to Do on a Weeknight: Quito, Ecuador
Are you one of those people who loves to pack your travels with as many experiences as possible? Maybe you’re like some of our students who, after morning classes, lunch, and afternoon cultural activi
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October4, 2019
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5 Tips for Preventing Altitude Sickness
You fly into Quito between clouds that are creeping over the mountains into the valleys below you. Looking out the window, you’re tempted to parachute out the airplane emergency exit in that ve
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August15, 2019
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How to Make the Most of Your Homestay in Quito
Food poisoning hit me at 2 a.m. May 21st, 2018. I had arrived three hours earlier to the Quito airport after a full day of traveling from my home in the United States. Immediately, I blamed the cup of
June25, 2019
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Will New Tech Make Learning Spanish Obsolete? 7 Reasons We Believe It Won’t.
A company in Japan just developed the Muamua Enence–a two-way, state-of-the-art, instant translator. It allows a foreign language novice to chat with a native speaker in more than forty different lan
June13, 2019
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Talk the Talk with These 10 Spanish Sayings
Qué leche – Win an all-expenses-paid trip to the Galapagos? ¡Qué leche! A possible translation would be, “What milk?” But here in Quito, it means, “What luck!” Es Papaya —“It is…Papaya?” Not quite. In
