Our Scenic Tours Welcome Dinner

Our welcome dinner was at a leading restaurant in Quito situated near the town square. En route we saw the Basilica floodlit by night.

The restaurant entrance....



A silver service 3 course dinner with opera arias sung by a tenor and soprano who sang for many years at the Buenos Aires opera house. The songs chosen allowed interaction with the diners and the night was highly enjoyable.

I am being told that her love for me is like no other ( sung in Italian) but as I betrayed her I must die.

Don Giovanni

Quito - Our city tour

Quito is on the equator and located in the Andes mountains at a height of 2,800m.

We started out Scenic tour in Quito flying in the day before from Lima. In the morning we had this amazing site from our bedroom window.

Pichincha - the snow capped volcano to the west of the city

After breakfast, we went to a high point to view the city

View of the city from Itchavia Hill.

Then to the old city center

Town square - Independence Square.

Restaurants on either side of this old cobblestone street called La Ronda.

The angel of the city.

Courtyard inside a church - San Franciscans Seminary of the Dominicans.