Finally Getting Some Exercise!

Being in class 10 hours a day 5 days a week plus homework does not leave much time for, well, ANYTHING! Before coming to Ecuador I was able to find a Facebook group for Quito Ultimate. I was really excited to have found a group of Ultimate Frisbee players in Quito! I saw that the main place they played was at the large park not too far from my house. Unfortunately because of scheduling, I hadn't been able to go until yesterday. I saw they would be playing at 2pm, and I was so excited because I finally had a Saturday free of an essay (or really the essay just wasn't due until the following week...GOOD ENOUGH!).

It was a beautiful day yesterday, well except for the wind...but hey I wasn't about to be picky! I headed down to the park with Josh and Danielle, and we met Chelsea there (woohoo the TESOL trainees learn to play Ultimate :) )

Tossing in the park with Josh

The irony of the Jew hanging out in front of a HUGE cross...not too ironic in Ecuador...

There was a group of 10 of us that ended up gathering to play, Josh and Danielle went to explore the Botanical Gardens in the park while Chelsea stayed to learn to play for a bit. It was a great group with all skill levels and Americans, Ecuadorians, and even a Colombian. We had a really fun time and it was awesome to be playing again. It felt SOOOO good to exercise again, but today I was really feeling it. Also playing Ultimate for 2 hours at 10,000 was definitely a challenge for my lungs, but I figure i can return to the States with lungs of steel!

Playing some pick-up :)

field=to blithewood (for ankles...) view=to blithewood :)

Of course on my way home as I couldn't resist the cupcake shop I passed.

mmm lemon :)

It was a little dusty...

That's all for now. About to start my last week of training! Then I will be hopefully finding a job and getting a week or so to travel to the coast (I especially want to visit Canoa!)