A few months ago we had the pleasure of showing our son-in-law, Greg Gardner around our City. He was here on a business trip, we were thrilled to see him. We enjoyed a wonderful dinner with him on Friday evening then on Saturday we hired our good friend Patricio to drive us for the day. We went to a beautiful very old Hacienda, "La Cusin." It is about 400 years old. The tapistries were just remarkable. There were beautiful gardens,it has been converted to a hotel/bed and breakfast. We had a very nice lunch and then drove on further to the marketplace in Otovalo. It is a huge open-air market and there are also some small shops which Greg loves brouse. It is very famous market. The weather turned rainy and we cut our shopping short. Dad did buy a black felt hat and an "Ecuadorian Poncho." We then drove home. I'm sure Greg, because of his world travels, was not as impressed as he thought he would be. Actually, we went there our last mission. We were able to barter more last time and seemed to be smaller this time. He was glad to have made the trip. We had a good day.
I will continue to do little stories until we get caught up on time. We love Ecuador.
