Quito Pictures

Magge is alive and well today and I was able to get the USB to upload some pictures.  At some point we'll upload all the pictures of the flowers she took at the botanical gardens, so you can check them out, if you're into that sort of thing.  Below is a picture of Quito at sunset, looking north from the rooftop of a restauran where we ate on Saturday.  More pictures in the full post.

Colorful houses in north Quito

Typical cross street in Old Quito

View of Cayambe volcano, which, according to Google, is the only place on the equator covered in snow

Striking a GQ pose on an Old Quito rooftop, with a statue of the Virgin Mary on a hilltop in the background

La Plaza Grande, my favorite of Quito's many squares

I think every building in Old Quito has at least courtyard.  This one is in the San Francisco Monastery.

Another courtyard, this one from the hotel where we stayed the first two nights.  I promise it looked scary during the first night's blackout.

Pictures from the equatorial monument, including the obligatory foot-in-each-hemisphere shot (forget that this isn't the actual equator)

A painting by Oswaldo Guayamin, Ecuador's most celebrated artist

View of Quito from Guayasamin's front yard

Believe it or not, these were delicious