Jen and Rebecca Cross the Equator

We made it to Quito, Ecuador last night, and finally arrived at our hotel around 1:00 AM after our flight from Atlanta left about an hour late. But we breezed through customs. We´re staying at a lovely hotel called Hotel de San Francisco in Old Town. We like that our room has a window into the hallway. We don´t like that some strange alarm went off at about 6:00 AM this morning. It may have been the fire alarm, but as we never saw any fire or smelled any smoke, I think it was just a false alarm. Or maybe it´s the Ecuadorian wake-up call?

Jen at our room´s hallway window.

We´ve just finished breakfast--eggs (Rebecca´s scrambled, Jen´s fried), rolls with butter and jam, watermelon juice and hot chocolate. This should be enough to fuel us as we head out to explore Quito! And despite weather.com´s predictions that we´d been checking for weeks before we left, it is NOT raining, and is, instead, shining bright equator sun down on us. (Can´t forget to bring our hats!)

Jen at breakfast

Tomorrow we head out early for our flight to the Galapagos. YAY! Can´t wait!