VW Expat in Ecuador

I have had several topic requests for the blog - and I would just like to say keep those comments and requests coming.  This is my main way for keeping in touch and it always makes me feel good when I hear from someone.  One of the topics several people have requested is information about faith practices. Quito, like the rest of Ecuador, is predominately Catholic.  I am not quite sure how this interprets to day to day life, other than all the beautiful Catholic churches, cathedrals, etc.  I know that legal abortion is practically non-existent and only available when the health of the mother is threatened or when the pregnancy is a result of a sexual crime against a woman who is mentally disabled. However, you can get birth control and the morning after pill easily over the counter and I believe you can get the morning after pill and condoms free at hospitals and clinics.  And while the official percentages would have Catholic dominating the woman I live with is Muslim, knows a lot ab

What the Heck-ador I am sitting at the dining room table while bossa nova is playing in the kitchen where cooking is happening.  It is raining cats and dogs (and probably horses) outside, thundering and lightening, and probably hailing. (When they say Quito has a rainy season they were NOT messing around.)  But I am warm and cozy, enjoying the music and I also have a hot cup of tea. Three days ago I got caught in a rain…It was raining so hard that even with my umbrella I was totally soaked.  The wind was so hard that it kept turning my umbrella inside out and there were times I thought I would just pull a Mary Poppins and get carried away.  I was rushing to the bus stop with a colleague but the rain and hail and thunder was so loud we could not even talk to each other.  The water was deep on the streets that you could not step or jump over the high parts. My pants were so wet when I got to the bus stop I could not pull the material from my pocket from the rest of the pants