hospital

Our Spanish professor took our class by troleybus to a public medical university in central Quito. First-year students gave us tours, so we each had the chance to ask questions and walk around the campus...which included a room with cadavers! The student who gave me the tour, Isabel, was really nice and explained all about the process of becoming a doctor in Ecuador. She also explained that she lives at home (which is very common for college students) and commutes 1 1/2 hours to get to and from the school. Afterwards, in the central courtyard there was traditional dancing and a play, which our professor was in.