hi I'm Molly and today in this video I
will be talking about my study abroad
experience in Ecuador Ecuador is in
South America and lots of people forget
about it because it's right in the
corner there by Colombia and Brazil and
Venezuela so but it's there
and it's a wonderful place to go I
studied Spanish there and also had a
great time experiencing the Spanish
culture my favorite thing about Ecuador
was probably my host family it was a big
family and they're all warm and
welcoming and the family structure was
similar to Korean families and that
they're all very close and maybe the
sons and daughters will live with their
parents until they get married
and they don't move away very often they
all stay together usually in the same
neighborhood actually so that was a
wonderful part of my Ecuador adventure
but also I loved the food the food was
so good I would wake up in the morning
and there would be a big bowl of granola
and yogurt and tons of fresh fruit and
vegetables and I had all the energy I
needed for the day and then I would go
about my day and come back for lunch and
lunch was actually a really big
experience in Ecuador for me because we
had a special time called a siesta and
during the siesta everyone would come
home and have a huge lunch and maybe
take a nap and then everyone neither go
back to work or they would go back to
school and dinner it was actually a very
small event in comparison to lunch and
it was usually just bread or coffee so
the food was great siesta and nap in the
middle of the day
who doesn't like naps in the middle of
the day the other great thing about
Ecuador was the vacation spot so Koreans
have Jeju Island and Ecuadorians have
the Galapagos I
and the Galapagos Islands are beautiful
and tropical and they're especially
known for their exotic animals like
flamingos and beautiful birds so they
have beautiful beaches and turtle
turtles the size of a small car they
were so big so I was lucky enough to be
able to experience Ecuador and go to the
Galapagos Islands and have a wonderful
host family so that was my trip to
Ecuador and I'll see you next time