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		<title>SETTLED IN!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 16:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Version française plus bas) I confirm the news: we are now officially settled in Quito! We have found a very nice apartment not too far from the tourist district called &#8221;La Mariscal.&#8221; It has three bedrooms, a living-room/dining room, a kitchen and a rooftop. It&#8217;s clean, modern and safe- a guard in the hallway controls [...]]]></description>
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<p>I confirm the news: we are now officially settled in Quito!</p>
<p>We have found a very nice apartment not too far from the tourist district called &#8221;La Mariscal.&#8221; It has three bedrooms, a living-room/dining room, a kitchen and a rooftop. It&#8217;s clean, modern and safe- a guard in the hallway controls who comes in and out of the building. It&#8217;s also close to public transportation and to a university.</p>
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<div id="attachment_8682" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 627px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-8682" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/05/04/settled-in/img_4246/"><img class="size-large wp-image-8682" title="IMG_4246" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/IMG_4246-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="627" height="418" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Freddie fixing the curtains! Welcome home!</p></div>
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<p>There&#8217;s a market nearby, an ATM, and a store that sells authentic products from la sierra such as quinoa and  panela (solidified cane sugar juice), and whose benefits go directly to farmers. (I&#8217;m so excited about this store! Now we have an apartment I&#8217;m gonna cook, and cook and cook Ecuadorian and French and the likes!) Plus there is an awesome, colorful Ecuadorian bar with great music and a huge TV screen where we MUST go watch soccer games.</p>
<p>And the rent is only $330/month, no deposit required.</p>
<p>In short it is the ideal place&#8230; although I think I would prefer something a little less comfortable and a little more adventurous. But to our defence, we have tried hard and found nothing else.</p>
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<div id="attachment_8683" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 627px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-8683" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/05/04/settled-in/img_4255/"><img class="size-large wp-image-8683" title="IMG_4255" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/IMG_4255-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="627" height="418" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Our cosy &#39;&#39;grandma´s living room&#39;&#39;!</p></div>
<p>We followed the advice of a fellow Ecuadorian I met during my month of volunteering and bought the Saturday and Sunday newspaper &#8221;El Commercio,&#8221; to look at the classified section for apartment rentals. We focused on a student neighboorhood called &#8221;La Floresta,&#8221; and on Old Town Quito: &#8221;El Centro Hist<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">ó</span>rico,&#8221; and called about twenty-five people.</p>
<p>Five of them said their place was already taken, about seven didn&#8217;t answer and for the rest of them it was either too expensive, unfurnished or had only two bedrooms. We also visited two, almost three other apartments in El Centro Hist<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">ó</span>rico, but it didn&#8217;t work out.</p>
<p>As Freddie and I agree that the sooner out of the hostel the better, we&#8217;ve decided to move in the ideal apartment right away. Yeeehaaa!</p>
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<div id="attachment_8684" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 627px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-8684" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/05/04/settled-in/img_4260/"><img class="size-large wp-image-8684" title="IMG_4260" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/IMG_4260-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="627" height="418" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Feelin´at home reading the paper!</p></div>
<p>Another good thing that came out of this field research is that I&#8217;ve almost become quite a pro at asking the right questions in the right order, to save time, money and breath whenever possible. If you ever look for an apartment in Quito, here&#8217;s what you should say to spend less than four minutes on the phone with each ad you call up:</p>
<p><strong>&#8221;¡Buenos días!<br />
-Llamo a propósito del apartamento. Vi el anuncio en el periódico de hoy día.<br />
-¿Está amoblado? </strong><br />
(This is the key question because it seems most apartments  around here aren&#8217;t furnished, especially in El Centro Histórico. So ask this now, don&#8217;t keep it for the end of the conversation!)<br />
<strong>-¿Tiene tres dormitorios?<br />
-Somos cinco personas. ¿Cuantas camas hay? Necesitamos cinco camas.<br />
-¿Cuanto es por mes?<br />
-¿Quiere un depósito?&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>But don&#8217;t forget to check Craigslist: Quito. That&#8217;s how we&#8217;ve found our ideal place! <img src='http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>* &#8221;Good morning!&#8221;<br />
&#8221;I&#8217;m calling about the apartment. I saw the ad in today&#8217;s newspaper.<br />
&#8221;Is it furnished?&#8221;<br />
&#8221;Are there three bedrooms?&#8221;<br />
&#8221;There are five of us. How many beds are there? We need five beds.&#8221;<br />
&#8221;How much is it per month?&#8221;<br />
&#8221;Do you ask for a deposit?&#8221;</p>
<p>* * * * * * *<br />
<strong>INSTALLES!</strong></p>
<p>Je confirme la bonne nouvelle: nous sommes désormais bien installés à Quito!<br />
Nous avons trouvé un appartement très agréable pas loin du quartier touristique de &#8221;La Mariscal&#8221;. Nous avons trois chambres, un salon-salle à manger, une cuisine, un toit-terrasse. C&#8217;est propre, moderne, sûr (un gardien surveille les allées et venues dans le hall d&#8217;entrée). L&#8217;appartement est aussi proche des transports en commun et d&#8217;une université.</p>
<p>Il y a un marché à proximité, un distributeur de billets, ainsi qu&#8217;un magasin de produits authentiques de la sierra tels la quinoa ou la panela (pain de sucre de canne) et dont les revenus vont directement aux producteurs. Je suis si emballée à l&#8217;idée de ce magasin près de chez nous! Maintenant que nous avons un appartement je vais pouvoir m&#8217;adonner aux plaisirs culinaires équatoriens, français et autres! Il y a aussi un bar coloré avec de la bonne musique locale et un écran de télé géant qu&#8217;il nous faut ABSOLUMENT fréquenter lors des soirées foot télévisées!</p>
<p>Et le loyer n&#8217;est que de 330 dollars par mois, sans dépôt de caution.</p>
<p>En bref c&#8217;est l&#8217;endroit idéal&#8230; bien que je préférerais quelque chose d&#8217;un peu moins confortable et un peu plus aventureux. Mais il est vrai que nous pas mal cherché et rien trouvé d&#8217;autre.</p>
<p>Nous avons suivi les conseils d&#8217;un Equatorien rencontré lors de mon mois de volontariat et avons donc acheté le journal &#8221;El Commercio&#8221; du samedi et du dimanche, pour éplucher les petites annonces d&#8217;appartements à louer. Nous sommes concentrés sur le quartier étudiant de &#8221;La Floresta&#8221; et sur le vieux Quito, &#8221;El Centro Histórico&#8221;, et téléphoné à une petite trentaine de personnes.</p>
<p>Cinq d&#8217;entre eux ont dit que leur appartement était déjà pris, environ sept n&#8217;ont pas répondu, et pour le reste, c&#8217;était soit trop cher, non meublé, ou avec seulement deux chambres. Nous avons aussi visité deux, presque trois appartements dans &#8221;El Centro Histórico&#8221; mais ça ne convenait pas. Freddie et moi étant d&#8217;accord que, plus tôt on quitte l&#8217;auberge de jeunesse mieux c&#8217;est, nous avons décidé d&#8217;aménager dans l&#8217;appartement idéal immediatement. Yaaaahooo!</p>
<p>Autre fruit de cette recherche ardue: je suis passée quasiment pro à poser les bonnes questions dans le bon ordre pour économiser temps, argent et salive autant que possible. Si jamais vous cherchez un appartement à Quito, voici un mini-guide de conversation pour passer moins de quatre minutes par annonce au téléphone:</p>
<p><strong>&#8221;¡Buenos días!*<br />
-Llamo a propósito del apartamento. Vi el anuncio en el periódico de hoy día.<br />
¿Está amoblado? </strong><br />
(This is the key question because it seems most apartments  around here aren&#8217;t furnished, especially in El Centro Histórico. So ask this now, don&#8217;t keep it for the end of the conversation!)<br />
<strong>-¿Tiene tres dormitorios?<br />
-Somos cinco personas. ¿Cuantas camas hay? Necesitamos cinco camas.<br />
-¿Cuanto es por mes?<br />
-¿Quiere un depósito?&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>Mais n&#8217;oubliez pas d&#8217;aller aussi faire un tour sur le site internet Craigslist: Quito. C&#8217;est comme ça que nous avons trouvé notre appartement idéal!</p>
<p>* &#8221;Bonjour!<br />
-J&#8217;appelle à propos de l&#8217;appartement. J&#8217;ai vu l&#8217;annonce dans le journal d&#8217;aujourd&#8217;hui.<br />
-Est-il meublé?<br />
(Question vitale car il semble que la plupart des appartements ici ne sont pas meublés, notamment dans  El Centro Histórico. Alors surtout, ne gardez pas cette question pour la fin!)<br />
- Y a t-il trois chambres?<br />
- Nous sommes cinq personnes. Combien y a t-il de lits? Nous avons besoin de cinq lits.<br />
- A combien est le loyer mensuel?<br />
- Demandez-vous une caution?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Episode 102: Settling In</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jedidiah Mitchell</dc:creator>
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