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The Virgin atop Cerro Panecillo  
   

The Virgin atop Cerro Panecillo

In the center of old Quito sits this hill with the virgin on top. You can get great views from here when surrounding mountains are socked in.
Spanish with a South Korean accent

January 25th 2012
Geo: -0.223151, -78.5127I talk to myself in Spanish. I think in Spanish. It's everywhere around us--in the people we meet, the signs we see. We're living with Ensouk for a couple of days in her beautiful apartment across the street from La Lengua Spanish School main offices in Quito. And it's a bit complicated. We met Ensouk (I think I spelled it Ensu then because that‘s ho ... read more
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