SHARLA: After a wonderful night's rest in our new room at Posada del Arte, we got up and had their WONDERFUL juevos rancheros! Yummmmm....just as delicious as I remembered, and their staff was just back this morning from having two weeks off.
We were going to have a spa day, but we had one of those days I think everyone has that none of us could make a decision. So, instead we just sat under one of the umbrellas on the new patio between the original Posada del Arte and the new addition. They have really made the place look terrific and it looked great before!
After relaxing most of the day, we walked into town, and on the way, we noticed a FOR SALE sign on the side of large, old hotel. We were looking in the gate, and a gatekeeper came and let us in. He gave us a tour of the place. The rooms were huge, and the bathrooms were enormous. But, the place sort of gave me the creeps, and needs MUCH updating.
We made our way to Buon Giorno, no surprise there, and ate dinner. It wasn't as good as the other three times we ate there, and I was sort of glad, since now maybe I won't be craving it! We walked around town for a bit more, and ran into both of the rafting guides separately, and both invited us out to dance again. We declined this time. Travel day tomorrow (today).
This morning, we were awakened by the "wonderful" kids that were staying next door around 6:30am. Thank you very much! We kept trying to go back to sleep, and finally realized around 8:30am, they weren't going to be quiet, so we just got up and went back down for, you guessed it, juevos rancheros! We had a nice conversation with Jim, the owner, about purchasing property in Banos, and how it is to run a business there. We had talked to Marshia some last night about the same thing. Jim put us in touch with the contractor who built their addition, and he came to the hostel to talk to us. He took us to a hotel that is for sale that looked like crap on the outside, but was soooooo nice on the inside. And, then he took us to his property on the other side of the bridge. We didn't even know their WAS a bridge in Banos. It's still very close to town, but it feels like you are out of the city. Hey, it never hurts to look, right???
Camille has listened to us for two years about how much we love Banos, and our dreams of living here someday. She finally gets it! When we got on the bus to head for Quito, we all had tears in our eyes. It is such an amazing place....unlike any place I've ever been in my life.
Cotapaxi volcano gave us a nice treat on the way to Quito. We had a nice view of the snow-capped volcano for almost an hour! It was gorgeous!
Once we got to the bus terminal, we caught a taxi to Hotel San Francisco, got checked in, and headed to Cafe de Fraile. Seems like a lot of our time revolves around eating! When you find a good place, it's really hard to go somewhere else.
Back at the hotel, we are trying to get organized for our trip back to the U.S. on Monday...no small task!
Not sure what we have planned for tomorrow, but until then....HASTA LA VISTA, BABY!!!!
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