Elise captured many of her impressions of Quito in this drawing, including street merchants selling bags of oranges (“Un dollar!”), tiny nativity sets, and shucked peas. There’s also a dog eating scraps, the ghost of a dead chicken from the animal market, the lovely Panecillo Madonna/angel statue high on the hill, a thief slinking away with her Google phone, and the zany, cool seemingly vertical streets. Front and center is Elise’s alter ego, Sunny, on a lama. And peering down from the clouds is her Dad, keeping her safe.
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