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Maple Syrup?  What's that?  
   

Maple Syrup? What's that?

Christian (this is Quebecois Christian I'm talking about, who was here on behalf of the Canadian francophone Scouting organization, not Scouts Canada. Don't confuse him with Chris.) presents some maple syrup to our dinner hosts. I really meant to bring some Canadian paraphernalia, but I just was too busy to get my act together. When I was talking to some Ecuadorians earlier they had never heard of maple syrup.
You know you’re important when you’re provided with your own personal English/Spanish Translator

November 25th 2007
****WARNING: Ridiculously long blog entry. Please feel free to skim/skip this one. Wow, this is why it’s good to be limited to pay-per-hour internet café time and not have unlimited computer access. **** Gasp! The internet is out! Ohh horror of horrors. I can only hope it’s working again by the time I get back from today’s sessions. In the meantime, I’m writing this in Word and I†... read more
South America » Ecuador » North » Quito

Ecuadorian Flag The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more
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