When: March 7th @ 12:00 PM (1:00 PM in Italy)
Where: Cuenca, Ecuador
Who: Brittany Pade-Brown
The time in Ecuador is 1:00 PM.
She has lived there 9 years.
Her job is working for World Bible School
The weather is 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
Her hobbies are her kids.
Animals that are found there are llamas and alpacas.
She lives in the mountains, which are higher than most cities.
All of there museums are free to visit.
One of the most visited museums is a place of shrunken heads.
The most common food is called a suakle, kinda like a soup and ceviche.
Most people don’t read where she lives.
Most of the books are from Spain.
They had their money, but they changed to the US dollar about 10 years ago.
The 3 different school options are private, free, and a mix of both.
The public schools are free but there are a lot of children. There is also a fee, and they have to pay for their own things for school.
They have swim, horseback riding, and logos engineering.
Horseback riding is not as popular because it is more expensive.
People in Ecuador do not like swimming.
Public transport is very common, but it has just become more expensive. If you take a bus it's longer, while a taxi is more expensive, and the train only goes certain places.
Some churches are Spanish .
They celebrate the death and birth of Jesus, but they do not celebrate Easter.
While in the US the tooth fairy gives children money, when they lose their teeth, a rat is the “tooth fairy”, which will give you a quarter instead of a dollar.
They don't celebrate Halloween or Thanksgiving.
Basically, every other week is a holiday.
They start school September 1th and end June 30th
They get Christmas break. Sometimes is it only 2 days, and the carnival is 1-2 weeks.
They don't have Amazon. It's taxed at 80%.
They charge a lot of tax on things from out of the country.
There are 56 churches where she lives.
Their streets are really small. They have basic (small) cars like toyota and trucks.
Vans are not common because potholes are very common.
They kiss each other has a greeting. If you don't do it, it's a insult to them.
Health care is like the schools, private and public.
Their population is 17.8 million.
They don't get to star gaze, so they go the US to see the stars.
If someone has run away from US jail and come to Ecuador, Ecuador will not give them back.
They rarely sell land.
Taxes for a home is 18%.
It cost $300-600 a month for rent.
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