I have been getting the vibe that many of you think I am living in a mud hut in the middle of nowhere. Sorry if I led you to believe that I was that humble of a person, I most certainly am not. Although, we do travel 2 hours each day to work with people who actually do live in mud huts, we are living in the city of Riobamba, Ecuador. There are roughly 160,000 people that live in Riobamba, so it has everything that we would ever need {but it just isn't packaged as pretty as it is in the USA}. I took these pictures from my rooftop this morning:
I know what you are thinking right now: Carly, why didn't you wait until a nice sunny day to take pictures...everything looks so dreary. That is the thing, everyday is cloudy in Riobamba. Riobamba is surrounded by 7 massive volcanoes {which you can't see because they are behind the clouds}, and one of them is erupting. Therefore, most days look like this. Sometimes we even wear face masks so that we don't breathe in the ash.
Here is our apartment, it is no Four Seasons, but I have seen worse in Great Salt Lake City.
Our luxurious suite :).
Yesterday in honor of Super Tuesday and Fat Tuesday {depending on your location}, I even made chocolate chip cookies with ingredients that I hauled all the way from the good ole U.S. of A. When leaving the country, I am notorious for packing suitcases full of food.
I know they look kinda weird, but I had to light the oven with a match.
Here is our apartment, it is no Four Seasons, but I have seen worse in Great Salt Lake City.
Our luxurious suite :).
Yesterday in honor of Super Tuesday and Fat Tuesday {depending on your location}, I even made chocolate chip cookies with ingredients that I hauled all the way from the good ole U.S. of A. When leaving the country, I am notorious for packing suitcases full of food.
I know they look kinda weird, but I had to light the oven with a match.
11 comments:
VOLCANOS?! Hahahaha. I love that you have to wear face masks. Only someone with wisdom enough to surpass Confucious himself would think to bring ingredients for cookies to Ecuador. My hat is off to you, Carly.
Carly..I don't understand why you are always saying that you don't have any cooking skills. Look at those scrumptious looking cookies. I wish I could eat one. Take care and keep on coooki'n!
What effort you put into the cookies! Hauling all ingredients from the US! They look yummy! Your place looks great..how fun!
mmm...looks yummy. I love the King sized bed! How Comfy. I am a little sad you let us see your nice apartment...I was enjoying thinking you were living in a mud hut!
I am not going to lie...I don't complain about having my own bed.
Awesome pictures...as always! That is so funny you packed food from home. Love it. Good job with the cookies!!
Your blog is really fun to follow!! Be safe you two!
Linny
wow, that's better than i ever lived down there.. i guess that's something to feel better about, hah.
I can just see you and Oliver joining in on the shaving Cream event! I am glad to see where you live, it is better than i imagined. And Amber had you really living in a Mud Hut!!
carly I love the pictures. The sad thing is that your kitchen is actually bigger than mine, and I live in bountiful utah! and those cookies look delicious.
The cookies look just like the ones your great grandma Tilly made!!! I could never get them right, hence I always made the oatmeal ski cookies.
wow wow wow wow wow WOW! this place is SO NICE compared to where we live here in cusco! haha i hope its the same place we get to live in! WOW!
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