An Ecuadorian Welcome

I have the pleasure of writing to you from Quito, Ecuador where I just arrived this evening. I am currently staying in Hotel Quito and departing early tomorrow morning to Cuenca via plane. I will arrive around 8:15 AM, my host family will be present to greet and welcome me there! My travels went quite well and relatively uneventfully (this is positive) considering last week`s first attempt.
From what I can gather Quito is quite beautiful, rolling foothills, cosmopolitan, un-polluted, and incredibly friendly! I am sorry that I will not have the opportunity to further explore it--at least for now. The hotel in which I am staying is quite nice, and although I am feeling lonely and anxious with uncertainty, I am hopeful that these feelings will subside by tomorrow when I arrive into Cuenca. I will be picked tomorrow morning at 6:00 by a man who acted as a tour guide for the group of students (with whom I will be studying this semester) last week during their stay in Quito...so he is well familiarized with my program. I had the pleasure and comfort of calling my boyfriend, Mike this evening from the hotel...I wanted to also try to call my parents however, due to the time change I knew that it would be too late. It was so wonderful to be able to speak to him, I found it so settling, comforting, and put me at great ease...I can go to bed not feeling so alone.
That, I´m araid is all the update I have for you...I can`t wait to share tomorrow`s experiences, as it is sure to be an eventful day!
xoxo-Lex