Now, what happened the last few weeks... I ate guinea pig (cuy in spanish and cavia in dutch) for dinner! This may sound a bit cruel but some of you will know that I practically eat everything and it's a typical ecuadorian dish so yes I ate it. And actually it tasted quite good! I think it tastes a bit like very juicy chicken. On the 4th of October I think, it was the last weekend of the Fiestas de Ibarra. There was a huge hors race called 'Caceria del Zorro'. The horses made a big tour and the finnish was located at the lake of Ibarra, called 'Yahuarcocha'. I went to the lake with Celene and her friends and it was really nice! We didn't see a lot of the race cause there were lots of people but it was just nice to be there. After that we went back to the centre of Ibarra and it seemed like the whole population of Ibarra was outside! So we just met some friends and stayed outside for a while. The whole atmosphere was so nice and there really is a big difference with the Fiestas de Ibarra and for example the village party and 'kermis' in my village in Belgium!
Then there is school. After one month and a half of school I can tell you that there is a big difference between La Salle, my school here and Sint-Rita, my previous school in Belgium. The school system is really different and I'm goint to be very honnest with you: to my opinion, the belgian system is much better. I have to admit that I'm sometimes getting really bored during for example math classes when we're making exercices that I did 2 years ago. Also English classes are a real joke. Sometimes we just watch 'The Simpsoms' or videos on Youtube. Also I really hate gym classes cause the teacher is just an amateur who's wearing fake Adidas clothes and he says things like 'You really can't drink water while you're doing sports or you'll throw up immediatley'... Also the guys of my class can be so childish omg. But of course we also make fun and laugh so school is still ok.
One week ago, Ben came. He's an American YFU-student and a good friend! He lives in Latacunga, about 3 hours south of Quito. So he came to our house for 4 days and it was really great to see him again. On Friday we did a tour in Ibarra and we ate a delicious ice cream (Ibarra is actually really known for it's good ice creams) and at night we prepared a mac'n cheese for the whole family, and also Kathleen and Clementine came. It was really delicious! I also shared some of my belgian chocolate with them just so they would know that our chocolate is the best in the world.
On Saturday we went to Otavalo with Monika (from Germany) and Kathleen (from Canada). Otavalo is a bit smaller than Ibarra and it's located at the other side of the Imbabura mountain. This city is known for its market where they sell clothes made from alpaca wool, ponchos, dreamcatchers and lot's of stuff made by indigenous people so no fake made in China stuff. I bought a poncho, an alpaca wool sweater and a dreamcatcher and we defenietly have to go back to buy lots of souvenirs. after that we went home and Ben and I saw the New Kids movies. On Sunday we just did some chillings, talked a bit, we saw some movies and Monday early in the morning Ben went back home.
Last week our dog was sick. Hercules is now more friendly to me compared to the first weeks here (probably because I give him coockies with dulce de leche and I teach him walking backwards on two feet) and it was so sad to see him suffering but we went to the doctor and now he's better. He needed an injection and for that the doctor had to shave his leg. He has quite a lot of hair so now he has one very small leg and three legs with just lots of hair lol.
Also we got to know that there are people from Rotary in Ibarra! I think they are 8 and 2 of them are from Belgium. There are some differences between Rotary and YFU but they are nice people! Last Monday we went to the house from one of them to watch Bosnia- Belgium. And they also have a Playstation so of course we played some FIFA.
Now, why did I chose this tittle? Well, it has a meaning! Cause I'm having a great time here but you never know when something will happen or not. But after almost 2 moths here, there is one thing where you can always count on. The Rice! Just because it's on our plate, mostly twice a day, 7/7, 365/365.
I'm currently writing on Celene's laptop and I think it will take lots of time to upload some pictures but this is the link of Ben's blog and there are lots of pictures on his blog so check it out I would say!
http://benjaminmorenoenecuador.blogspot.com/2014/10/ibarra-trip-viaje-ibarra.html
Hoihoi iedereen! Ik heb zowat alles gezegd dat ik wou zeggen. Als jullie nog iets willen weten, twijfel niet! De volgende blogpost zullen de wist- je- datjes zijn in het Nederlands! En zoals jullie kunnen zien in de titel: rijst zal er altijd zijn. Inderdaad, mijn iPod heeft het laten afweten, soms is er voor een paar uurtjes geen water in huis en soms regent het hier zelfs, maar rijst? Dat is er al-tijd!
Hasta pronto!
Un abrazo,
Vincent
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