Manu Chao. La proxima parada es esperanza. :))

Hola. ?Que pasa? :)

Days are passing by very quickly over here.
Yesterday I couchsurfed the 1st time here in Quito.

 And, of course, I went to the Manu Chao concert in the Olympic Stadium.

Two Quito couchsurfers joined in, and a lot of other Spanish students as well.
It was raining heavily when we stood in the queue to get in (in into the "Cancha"); finally we made it almost to the entry, but then way too many people tried to get in at once; and worst of all, there was only one (!) entrance. So it got kind of dangerous, the crowd was squeezed together, moving like a wave, roaring, pushing. We decided to step outside of that mess. And went for dinner instead; I was introduced to a brand-new mall, amazing, what a contrast to the rest of the city. Had really good conversations my CSing host Rick and another Ecuadorian CSing girl Mabel, and then we went back to the stadium; this time around the crowd wasn't there anymore and we just walked in right away. Of course, I missed a bit of the beginning of the concert; but then another surprise hit me: Manu Chao was only the opening act, for a really popular band called Calle 13 (which I didn't know until then). The rest of Manu Chao I saw was great, it was packed, good vibes, no rain anymore, not too cold, dancing everywhere, and the occasional jumping and even moshing going on, too. Great stuff! :))
Have a look here for a few pictures I took of the mess to get in and the concert itself (only with my mobile, so don't expect good quality there...).

On to another topic:
Today was a special day. March 21st. 12 o'clock at noon. The sun was directly 90° up.
That meant: no shadow for a few minutes :))
Me and others from the language school went to Mitad del Mundo aka Middle of the Earth aka the equator. There is an actual line which marks the middle, and we had a short tour on different topics: like whether the water runs clockwise, anti-clockwise out of a sink, and indians. Very interesting!!!

Question for you: what way around the water runs out of a sink directly on the equator ?! :))

I'll upload a few pictures of that trip in my next entry. Along with more news.

Until then. Hasta luego. :))
Bjoern

ps: I need to work on a Spanish presentation for my course now, the topic is: my home country, Alemania.