Hotel Dann Carlton Quito, Sunday, October 13, 2019 [Quito, Ecuador]

[heroic_jawline]

After a slight misadventure through the portals that involved a very surprised Beaker, a show full of Muppets, and Anakin being shot from a cannon (he's fine, but his hair is ruined), the Fandomites arrived in Quito, Ecuador in the late afternoon, which was not enough time to go very far in their explorations, but enough to hit the Parque La Carolina, a 165.5 acre park in the center of Quito and a five minute walk from their hotel, the Dann Carlton Quito. Despite its location near the equator, the temperatures are very fall-like today, hovering around 72F (22C) until it cooled down even further when the sun went down at 6.

Explore the city or just the hotel! Your fall break has begun!

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Europa Cafe

[scoffs_at_tradition]

Shuri was practicing her Spanish and so while she hadn't quite gotten the coffee she'd been asking for, the giant cupcake was more than making up for it.

Re: Europa Cafe

[howareyanow]

Now, why wasn't Wayne at all surprised to come across Shuri somewhere where she could get coffee?

And since he'd been practicing his Spanish, too, he approached with a stolid, "Shuri, como estahhs eh-ora?" and just as much of his persistent rural drawl as you'd expect.

Re: Europa Cafe

[scoffs_at_tradition]

Shuri's face lit up. "Muy bien," she said in a much better accent (her teachers were extremely picky). "Como esta tu habitacion?"

Re: Europa Cafe

[howareyanow]

"Oh," said Wayne, surprising no one, "no es tan malo."

Then he had to squint a little, because he's mostly just been trying to pick up on it that day, and had to think quite a bit on how to say what he was thinking to say next. He considered just switching back to English, but, no, he had it pretty good, he thought.

"Pu-edo...ten-ear un ah...see-en-toe?"

His teachers weren't picky at all about accent, obviousleh, but, then again...his teachers were himself.

Re: Europa Cafe

[scoffs_at_tradition]

Shuri beamed and switched herself. "Of course. The coffee's good."

Re: Europa Cafe

[howareyanow]

"Well, I should hope so," Wayne said, pulling out a chair, having himself a sit. "When they got it pretty much growing right in the back yard."

Re: Europa Cafe

[scoffs_at_tradition]

Shuri reached for her phone. "There's a coffee tasting in Old Quito," she found after a quick search. "Want to try it out tomorrow after the touring?"

Re: Europa Cafe

[howareyanow]

"I'd have a coffee tasting," Wayne decided with a nod. "Who needs sleep, anyway?"

Honestleh, he probably wasn't going to be getting much of his beer drinking in, might as well drink something. Especially if that drinking involved Shuri probably bein' all cute about coffee.

Re: Europa Cafe

[scoffs_at_tradition]

"We're only here a week, it would be wasted sleeping," Shuri said, laughing.

Re: Europa Cafe

[howareyanow]

"We'll get plenty of it when we're dead," Wayne agreed, although he'd be just as likely to turn right around and go into a firm diatribe about the importance of a solid eight hours. "Anything in particular yer looking forward to gettin' out of this one, Shuri?"

Re: Europa Cafe

[scoffs_at_tradition]

"I've never been anywhere," Shuri said, "but the Galapagos Islands? All of those fun, weird animals? I'm excited."