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Timeout for Art – When Away from Home

11 Thursday May 2017

Posted by Playamart - Zeebra Designs in ART, TIMEOUT FOR ART - Quotes, TRAVEL: LATIN AMERICA

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Memories of painting sessions at Hotel Andino.

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Sweet Gaby took a Timeout for Art several months ago, though she was absent last time thanks to a broken wrist while playing basketball!

“We leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place, we stay there, even though we go away. And there are things in us that we can find again only by going back there.” ― Pascal Mercier

Between the reception and the guest rooms
Between the reception and the guest rooms
I'll ask who painted this mural....
I’ll ask who painted this mural….
The reception/office
The reception/office
The view from the reception area
The view from the reception area

Quito Ecuador – Returning to Hotel Andino is always a pleasure, and I am able to rest, run errands and almost always take a Timeout for Art.

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Upstairs – the view from the doorway of Room #7.

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Time to go downstairs for breakfast!

Tucked on the back corner of the second floor landing,  Room #7 offers a sweet little nest for one.  A small built-in wall unit makes me wonder what the room’s original purpose was, and I suspect that the towel-rack area in the bathroom was once a doorway.

Each time I return, I hope that Room #7 is available for another Timeout for Art. Continue reading →

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