El Presidente, La Compañía, El Teleférico

Today we walked around the Old Town area of Quito. We visited the house of Presidente Rafael Correa. It was amazing how close we were! We were even able to see him during the changing of the guard ceremony.

We also visited the church of La Compañía de Jesús. Everything is covered in gold on the inside.

Next, we went up el Teleférico de Quito, which is basically a gondola that takes you up the side of a mountain called Pichincha.

Laura and I decided to go on a little hike at the top of the mountain - great idea at 4100 meters or 2.55 miles above sea level. We about died when we finally reached the top. It was definitely worth the view though.

And somewhere in between all of the fun, we were attacked by pigeons.