Quito Has Cool Buildings

And Other SuchRevelations

And off we go…The morning of the last day of

training we took a trip to some of the cultural sites in Quito

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There’s a church on every other corner. Unfortunately, you can’t take pictures inside.

Quito is basically a 40 kilometer long, fewkilometer wide, valley 9,000 feet high in the Andes Mountains. Every cross street has a hill at both ends.

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ONTHEOTHERSIDE…

A Jewish Star?I couldn’t venture a guess as towhy there is a Star of David onthis window.

Quito From Above

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