A Weekend of Awesome Eating

So this weekend like 15 of us went to this place called Mindo which isnt that far out of Quito only 2 hours or so. It´s a tiny little town and could easily walk the whole thing in 20mins! Anyways, after getting settled into the hostal we went to this place called Chocolarte for lunch where they have these amazing chocolate brownies. Also had a cheese toastie and a banana milkshake to go with it. Then we had to rush back as we were late for getting picked upt o go ziplining. There were either 12/13 lines and was really cool views. Plus you got to go upside down, or they´d bounce the line up and down with you on it or you could go with a guide and do like superman or something!
After this we were going to go on a coffee tour that lonely planet recommended as having the best coffee in Ecuador. However, surprise surprise LP was wrong again and the coffee place was actually shut down. So we ended up back at the same place we had lunch for a demonstration on how he makes some of his chocolate, we got to help peel and grind the cocoa and then were served a fondue with a massive fruit bowl and biscuits :) Was seriously good! Then decided to wash that down at the juice bar next door, I had passion fruit juice. Spent a while chilling in the hostal before it was time for dinner. There was another chocolate place next door that did cocoa/caramel beer, so we gave that a try and wasn´t too bad though don´t think i´d have the cocoa one again! Dinner was massive pizzas that were sooo good. And after a small walk to ease the digestion  we just hung out at the hostal for the night.
Next morning, started with breakfast at a new place, so eggs, bread, milk, juice ad a banana milkshake. Seem to currently be eating a lot of eggs and think they´re growing on me! ;) Also, wandering around town, me and Elise, found these Quad bikes you could rent out for $10 an hour. So we were totally set to do that only to be shot down by the fact you had to have either your driving license or original passport. I lost my license and we all only take copies of our passports with us on trips! So there went that idea. Instead some of us went tubing. They had all these rubber tubes tied together to make a giant one and then down the river we went. It was unbelievably cold to begin with but after a minute or two you kinda numbed out and it was just really fun. Our guide was like a sppiderman, leaping from rocks to push us around and jumping from side to side!
Anyways, after a nice warm shower we still had a while left before the bus home so there was only 1 thing to do..... eat lunch! ;) Me, Nik and Alex ended up at a little more expensive place as we couldn´t get over how good the food smelled! I had a grilled chicken sandwich with fries. Then for desert the others came back and we had these awesome warm chocolate brownies with ice-cream!
On top of all the food, ended up spending more money as it was such a great place to get some more gifts aswell! lol
Luckily, when i got home there was spaguetti waiting for me and then i got pizza the next day for breakfast so my family had obviously got the memo about my weekend of eating! Then to round it all off we did a pot luck at the volunteer house, by we I mean those who live there plus me. Anyways, ended up with soooo much good food. Amy made this amazing spicy pasta, Megan did an egg dish with veggies and potatoes, Jon made the most amazing potato annd cheese tacos, I did some cheesy garlic bread and Nik made guacamole! The others had also got cake and ice-cream for desert though after dinner we had to wat a couple hours before we could eat anything else! And that rounded off the weekend of awesome eating! :)
Yesterday, Me and Nik spent the morning planning the english lessons annd trying to give it some form of structure. Anyways, we had the most successful lesson in the afternoon to date so think it was worth it. We had full attention for 99% of the time which is basically unheard of, and they actually participated in the activities aswell! whoop
Also, helped Danny do the posters to promote the summer lessons which start next week; I get to teach maths (which i have been missing! ;)
So, today off wiith couple others to buy our tickets for the Harry Potter premiere tomorrow, theres like 15/20 of us going to see it at midnight, in english! :) excited!!!!