Soccer game & Manta

HOLA! So last Tuesday my friends and I went to a soccer game! Honestly, the soccer game was the funnest thing I've done in Quito. It exceeded all my expectations. We got out of class a little early and ran to the stadium (nearly 3 hours early) to grab good seats. The first half was a little boring since nobody scored, but once halftime came around, things began to change to say the least. At the soccer game, most of the people in the stadium were EXTREMELY DRUNK. This one guy stumbled upon our group and started talking to us to practice his English. He was pretty intoxicated and convinced he is the actual superman haha. Later on her asked us to do the chicken dance with him. I am so sad I cannot upload videos on here, but on my facebook there is a video of this. My friend Kristina and I did the chicken dance with this drunk Ecuadorian man in front of a crowd where people were recording us and singing along haha. It was an amusing half time to say the least. The second half of the game was super exciting as well! WE SCORED TWICE AND BEAT PERU!!! VAMOS ECUADORRR! Every time we got a goal, the crowd went insane. I was literally showered in beer.  The momentum of the crowd was unbelievable. Anyways, the soccer game was an amazing experience and I hope I can squeeze in another game or two before leaving Ecuador!

It was crazy because during the whole game, it seemed like hundreds of police were surrounding the Peru section to make sure there wasn't any violence. Also at the end of the game, the Peru section was let out of the stadium before anyone else to avoid conflict. 

The guy below is "Superman" Check out my video on facebook if you can! It's called "El Partido de Futbol en Ecuador" Apologies for saying a bad word at one point, a guy spilled his beer all over my camera. 

Okay so this past weekend a few of us took the Thursday night bus to Manta, Ecuador (the beach!) It was a great weekend. Unfortunately, I only took two pictures haha. Below is a picture of the hotel we stayed in. For our last weekend trip, we decided to do a luxurious room! The hotel had an infinity pool as well. It was beautiful.

Picture of the beach! I am not sure if I will be able to return to Galveston after going to the beaches here and in the Galapagos haha. Overall it was a great weekend! We spent most of our time relaxing on the beach, eating delicious seafood and playing in the waves. At one point we went on this banana boat but our guide kept flipping us over on purpose! Oh well, it was still a lot of fun. 

So today is a special day because IT WAS MY LAST DAY OF WORK! I don't think I've mentioned this on my blog, but I've had the worst job ever. I've hated it. BUT NOW IM FREE! The only cool thing from my job was the view it had of Quito so I took some pictures of that this morning. 

I cannot believe it is already the end of November...WHAT!? WHERE DID TIME GO!? This weekend we are going on a field trip for one of my classes then the next two weekends we are staying in the city because there's a giant two week celebration for Quito's independence. Then....back to America... 

Oh boy. Well I hope everyone has a lovely Thanksgiving and EAT TONS OF TURKEY! Until next time.