Cuenca, Ecuador ...One Year Later

Today marks the one year anniversary of our initial trip to Cuenca, Ecuador. The purpose of our trip was to decide whether we wanted to live in Cuenca or Quito. Quito is the Capitol of Ecuador. After exploring the City of Cuenca it was a no-brainer that we choose Cuenca. The scale of the city is so perfect. We live in El Centro. This is the center of Cuenca. We can easily walk three miles, in any direction, and find anything that we could possibly ever need. Quito seemed too busy and dirty. Cuenca is moderately busy, the population is about 500,000 with more than half concentrated in the center of the city. Quito has a population of 2.5 million. Taxis outnumber people here, buses are $0.25 a ride, we recently purchased bicycles, and we got our driver's licenses this past Monday. With that said, getting around is a snap! While we were here, last year, we found the apartment that we currently live in. When we first walked in it just felt right. So, we rented the apartment and started making our plans to move to Cuenca. It was one of the best decisions we've ever made!