Cuenca

One of my good friends, in Macas, invited me to go to Cuenca with her and her husband for the weekend. I had been wanting to go, so that I could buy a modem for my computer, the only way to have internet at home, since the waiting list for a home phone is several years long. I was able to get the modem Saturday (how I'm able to post, since I'm still in Cuenca and on my own laptop!) and then today, Sunday was for playing. :) Ivonne's brother had gotten tickets for Cuenca's soccer game, finals against Quito, so we all went along. Unfortunately, we got to the stadium too late to get seats, but were able to find a spot along the fence, so we were able to see the game pretty well. I enjoyed my first ever soccer game. I'd seen games on TV before, rather inevitable in Latin America, but never in person. The game is much more entertaining in person, although, I still enjoy watching the other people's reactions about as much as I enjoy the game itself. Then, we went and watched a movie in the theater, a rarity, since Macas doesn't have a movie theater. And tonight I go back to my little town on the edge of the jungle. :) I love visiting Cuenca, it's an amazing city, with Incan ruins, buildings hundreds of years old and thousands or millions of red roofs and adobe walls all over, but it's too big for me to live in. For living in a place, I much prefer a smaller town, like Macas. Well, I was going to post pictures, but for some reason it won't let me right now, so once again, I'm without pictures! Hopefully soon.