Wednesday, Feb. 10
gotta make this short. bruce is having a math lesson at the apt. with the kids while i snuck away for some internet cafe time. still can´t figure out how to post pics, but have the camera on my possession at least. we took a cable car called the Teleferico up the side of a hill at the base of Pinchincha a volcano that borders Quito. Once up the hill there are a series of other hills to climb all the way to something called Rocu Pinchincha which is either the volcano itself or close to it. Needless to say we did not get all the way up, but did some very cool climbing in clouds and light rain to about halfway there. The altitude is still a factor and going walking uphill at all feels like someone is sqeezing your lungs. Bruce was very proud of his lung capacity and says it is the result of careful training by smoking just the right amount of cigarettes.

good things: I can understand Bruce speak Spanish, the family is together almost 24 hours a day, our gringo skin is acclimating to the sun by being a bright shade of red, i went running by myself by doing laps around a park this morning; it was very liberating

bad things¨: the family is together almost 24 hours a day, Bruce still hasn´t written a blog entry you just keep having to hear my voice, i can´t understand anyone but Bruce when they speak to me, very few people understand my franglish(spanish, french and english combination). i could barely run for 30 minutes before my lungs burst into flame.