Back in Our Groove

We flew from the Galapagos to Quito, Ecuador, on Saturday, and checked into our hotel by dinnertime. The hotel has several restaurants, and we chose to eat in the most casual -- that is, at the bar. The menu had several Ecuadoran dishes, so I tried the goat stew which was quite good.

Our plane on Sunday wasn't until almost midnight, so we spent the day resting in the hotel with an excursion by taxi to a well-known artisan market, which I'll write about eventually. After returning to the hotel from the market, we had lunch in a different casual restaurant called Quito Cafe.

Final lunch in Quito: salad and passionfruit cheesecake.
Diet Coke is the same as here: the fine print says "aspartame."

Travel with Lindblad includes all airport shuttles, which we greatly appreciated. We were picked up around 7:30 for our final goodbye to Ecuador. I have many more photos and much more to say about the trip.

In the Quito Airport.

We arrived in Detroit around noon, and are now decompressing from our truly exciting trip. Fortunately our flights were on time with no surprises.

Passengers waiting for luggage in Detroit. The mural shows famous Detroiters.
The largest face (above the monitor) is Rosa Parks, who lived much of her life here.

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