Our lifes have started to reach some sort of normalcy. We have been living in Otavalo, Ecuador for the last week with a family and taking Spanish classes. We can speak a little better, but still can´t understand a thing. We have had a daily routine of sleeping in as long as we can, waiting for our "mother" to make us some coffee and fresh fruit juice (we aren´t really allowed to do anything in the kitchen by ourselves). We then walk about 25 minutes to class through the streets of Otavalo. We have class for 4 hours in the morning then walk back home. Lunch is the most important meal of the day in Ecuador which we have around 1;30. Lunch usually consists of a thin, brothy soup to start, followed by a plate of plain white rice, some sort of flat, fried meat, and a small salad. The afternoons consist of another 2 hours of class followed by "Jamie and Keith venting time." Everyday after class we go to a restaraunt and order two beers and talk about how hard and frustrating it is to learn a new language in such a short period of time. We then go home for dinner (leftovers from lunch). We have been to some amazing places with our spanish teacher. His brother owns some property near the Columbian border in the cloud forest with fruit trees, trout ponds, and chickens. Next to the house is a river that falls pure and clean out of the mountains. There are at least 20 waterfalls on this one river. The first is about a 5 minute walk from the house. The picture above is from a hike we took to some lakes this morning. We started hiking at approx. 12,000 ft. The peaks are quite a bit taller here than in the states. We have one week left, then we are planning to check out the Galapagos and spend some time in our bathing suits again. We finally have some pictures posted. Please click the link on the side of this page for "Honeymoon and Wedding Photos."