Some touristy stuff in Quito

I noticed that the previous three post are in the wrong order for some reason.
They should be: Cuenca, Ingapirca, A small twist in plans.

I suppose if we have to be laid up somewhere Quito is not such a bad place to be. We have at least four days to spend exploring the city. There is 2.6million people included in the 2014 census that call the valley home. The urban sprawl can be seen from any vantage point, they even built a new airport outside of the city and turned the old one into Bicentennial Park. Sounds like Edmonton. Quito is one of the first two cities declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978, Krakow is the other one. Quito has one of the largest and least altered historic centers in the Americas making it a wonderful spot if you like architecture.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quito

Tile Mosaic artwork

Looks like tile but is painted brick wall. Commisioned by the city.

The next few photos are all of the Cathedral.

Brenda's stairmaster workout. Ten times up and down, almost every day.

Flag raising ceremony in the central square, done every Monday around 10am.

Quito has numerous churches, all within walking distance of each other in the old downtown area.

It is not all concrete and old buildings. There is a huge park overlooking the city.

Although site seeing is a sideline activity to keep us busy, our main purpose is to get the bikes onto an airplane.