Quito Ecuador (Cont’d)-Part 17 Food Pictures of Ecuador
Quito Ecuador (Cont’d)-Part 17 Food Pictures of Ecuador
As I have mentioned in many of my blogs from my other trips, people are usually interested in seeing what you eat while traveling in foreign countries. So once again, I will publish a few photos of some of the food I ate with the Ecuadorian family that I lived with in Quito, while attending school.
A typical breakfast with my family, fried egg, bread, coffee, ham, cheese
The mother, Zaida with a big basket of rolls
Dinner in my home in Quito, meat, beans, rice
Dinner in my homestay in Quito, Salad, soup, juice, onions
When they made coffee for me, it was always half milk, half coffee, reminded me of cappucino. Very good
A bowl of soup. The soup was always very tasty.
another dinner at my homestay in Quito. Bread, rice, cauliflower, and meat
The photo below is of Jesús and me. Jesús is from Colombia and has a little storefront across from the Academia de Espanol. Everyday he grills and sells plantains and corn on the cob. Once he found out I had been to Colombia, we became fast friends. He would wave at me everyday when I entered the school building across the street.
Jesús and me chatting it up around his BBQ grill
That’s about all the food photos I figured you would want to see. My next blog about Quito will be my final one. I will just select a few photos that represent what you may see when you visit.
Steve Barrymore ssb11@prodigy.net
Quito, Ecuador (Part 11) Presenting to the students at Academia de Español
Quito, Ecuador (Part 11) Presenting to the students at Academia de Español
After receiving the assignment to go to the market to buy fruits that I have never seen nor heard of; the next big challenge was to give an oral presentation in Spanish to the rest of the class about the various kinds of fruit and what I had learned about each. The other students all had to do the same, so we were pretty much in the same boat. Thank God for the Internet to do our research!
I actually found the challenge of the presentation to be fun. We were all sympathetic to each other’s plight so everyone paid attention. It was a great exercise to help us improve our language skills.
Here I am wowing(??) the class with my presentation.
Here I am presenting my market research to the other students at Academia de Espanol
Notice the fruit on the platters in the foreground. One of the teachers labeled each type with it’s name. Here are some of them closeup:
Photos of the fruit from my presentation
Photos of some of the fruit from my presentation
The name of this fruit really is "Tuna"-don't get it confused with the fish.
The Tuna fruit was really sweet and delicious. Once you understand it is not the same as the fish, you can really enjoy it!
After each presentation we all got an opportunity to sample each kind of fruit. I thought it was a great teaching exercise and an opportunity to learn more about Ecuador.
You can read about some of my other travels here
Steve Barrymore ssb11@prodigy.net
Quito Ecuador (Cont’d)-Part 10 –shopping the produce market of Quito
Quito Ecuador (Cont’d)-Part 10 –shopping the produce market of Quito
I really enjoy the street markets of Latin America because they are always so interesting, plus the vendors are always willing to talk with you.
The previous afternoon, my teacher had given me the names of a bunch of different kinds of tropical fruits to research on the internet. Most of them I had never seen nor heard of. My assignment the next day(Wed.) was to go to the market, buy each of the fruits, and be prepared to give a show and tell report to the other students. I was supposed to show each fruit and tell some details about each one; like how it is grown, its growing season, flavor, uses, etc. That sounded fun. I was up for the challenge.
We walked 3-4 blocks to a big indoor fruit market. The best way to give you the idea of the market is to show a bunch of photos here. You’ll get the idea.
Quito, Ecuador-produce market
Quito, Ecuador=fresh produce market
Quito, Ecuador-fresh produce market
Quito, Ecuador-fresh produce market
Quito, Ecuador produce market, Avacados and peanuts
Qutio, Ecuador-fresh produce market
Quito, Ecuador, fresh produce market. Melons and Star Fruit
Quito, Ecuador, fresh produce market
Quito, Ecuador -fresh produce market
quito, Ecuador-they also sell some meat at the produce market. I'll just throw this in for good luck!
Pretty interesting stuff….huh? My next step would be to put it into words and do my best to explain it to the rest of the students in school.
Steve Barrymore, ssb11@prodigy.net
Next-Making the presentation to the other students
