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                    <title>Day 36 The spread of American Culture and other curiosities</title>
                    <description>I hate it when you see something weird or funny and there is no one to share the joke with.For example I was in the cell phone store my first week here and there was a worker whose ringtone was Mr. Jones and Me. Really is 1993 calling youOr the time I discovered this giant statue alongside a house see attached photo. It was like seeing a Fat Boy in someones front lawn. My laughter dre</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/North/Quito/Historical-Center/blog-716078.html</link>
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                    <title>Day 13  Tragedy Strikes</title>
                    <description>Kenny doesnt realize just how small he his. Kenny starts fights he cant finish. Kenny has Napoleonicsmall dog syndrome. Dachshunds were bred to fight animals bigger and meaner than themselves. OR maybe Kenny just doesnt like other dogs all up in his bizness and when they get inside his American sized comfort zone he snaps at them.Our 13th day in Quito only our second Saturday Kenny sn</description>
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                    <title>Day 11  Smells Like Funk</title>
                    <description>Oh the places youll go the smells that youll smell and the thoughts that youll think. Heres my working theory on showers body odors and excess cologneperfume.Lets start backwards with the excess cologne and perfume. One morning I got on my elevator ltem stylemsobidifontstyle normalgtalone and the perfume stink was so strong I thought I was going to have to bail o</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/North/Quito/Historical-Center/blog-707780.html</link>
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                    <title>Day Five The First Lady of Quito</title>
                    <description>Lessons with the first lady of Quito I ran into my landlady downstairs and she insisted I see her ltem stylemsobidifontstyle normalgtreal apartment so I could visit her whenever I wished. She also insisted that I take chocolates as soon as I entered her apartment which soon melted in my hand. She mostly insisted that we should setup lessons so that I could improve my Spanish and she </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/North/Quito/Historical-Center/blog-707495.html</link>
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                    <title>Day Two  I have a dumbwaiter</title>
                    <description>I was always a strong reader but the book that taught me to love reading was Harriet the Spy. In the book Harriet is the only child of wealthy parents who completely ignore her. Thus Harriet finds the best way to entertain herself as she has but one friend is to spy on her neighbors and keep a diary of their comings and goings. The best part of this book is that one of her rich neighbo</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/North/Quito/Historical-Center/blog-705345.html</link>
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                    <title>Day One  My Presidential Residence</title>
                    <description>My birthday What a way to celebrate my 32nd birthday and my 33rd year on this planet. My day started out slow but pleasant. I read birthday cards checked email and read in the garden of my hotel. Kenny didnt stand for being left in the room for breakfast so I had to take him with me.Kenny is as I expected my international ambassador. Ecuadoreans are OBSESSED with him. Whether the airport </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/North/Quito/Historical-Center/blog-705343.html</link>
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                    <title>Prequal  Travel to Quito</title>
                    <description>There was so much of this trip I couldnt plan for or control. Traveling with Kenny on his first airline flight was the first hurtle. He was pretty happy being pulled around in his carrier remind me of this when hes too old to walk well and the security people could not have been nicer. Then I met some nice CanadianEcuadoreans what Canadians arent nice with two kids who adored Kenny a</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/North/Quito/Historical-Center/blog-705341.html</link>
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                    <title>Day Three  My Penthouse Apartment</title>
                    <description>This statement is actually true. My apartment is the highest apartment in a five story building affording me the best views of the old city Basilica Parque Ejido the mountainsides and the suburbs that creep up the mountain offer the most beautiful view a night with thousands of tiny lights notifying the cosmos of life this city.Its basically a studio with walls and doors but since my bedro</description>
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                    <title>Day Four  Good Friday Celebrations</title>
                    <description>Good Friday celebrations in Quito are world famous and I was dead set to discover what the fuss was all about. Picture what the Klu Klux Klan wears including the face coverings now make that purple. This is what hundreds and I mean hundreds and hundreds of men and women donned on a sunny Quito day. I didnt have a watch but Id guess that the procession lasted about two hours. Between walki</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/North/Quito/Historical-Center/blog-705350.html</link>
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                    <title>Quitoreans are nodders</title>
                    <description>I smiled. I said Buenos dias. I avoided eye contract and then I noticed Quitoreans are nodders. Solemn respectful have a good day nodders. There are also marked differences between what greetings are actually passed and what we learned in Spanish class. In Ecuador we say chao not adios alo ahlow not hola and many times people will offer you a simple bien instead of bothering to piece t</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/North/Quito/Historical-Center/blog-707344.html</link>
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                    <title>Day 9 Quito weather means     </title>
                    <description>Wearing a sweatshirt in your apartment.Because we dont have heating or AC its not uncommon on a cloudy day or after a rain to have your apartment be 6265 degrees.Getting caught in a rainstorm.The weather not unlike Florida can change in an instant here. When the clouds cover the sun the temperature can drop 10 degrees and then 5 minutes later youre sweating through your tank top when </description>
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