UNA GEMELA

I have a new sister! Actually, I have for a few weeks now. Her name is Nicole Marks and she actually goes to Juniata too. She was originally with a different host family but after some switching around and agreeing to only speak Spanish to each other when we are home, she now lives with me!
 
Many people think that we are twins or are at least related, but the truth is that we actually didn't really even talk much until we got here in Ecuador. We have mutual friends at Juniata but that's probably the only reason we have ever talked. Now it's funny because some of the people in our BCA group thought that we were best friends.

Even freshman year I remember people telling me that they confuse us two. I think that even more people here think we look similar because someone brings it up or asks us about it nearly three times a week. Now we can say we are sisters. Hah, here is a conversation from just the other day with one of the other girls from BCA who tagged me instead of Nicole in one of hr pictures on Facebook:

Kara Hagerich hah, thats nicole!

Louisa Pitney Shit.

Louisa Pitney Wait, are you sure?

Louisa Pitney No, don't answer that

When everything was confirmed that she was going to move in, Mama Paty and Papa Galo were excited to be able to say that they were going to have twin girls or gemelas. We don't really see it, but I'm curious on all of your thoughts. With that being said, here are a few pictures for comparison:

 

Equator

South Quito

Galapagos

Baños

 

Baños

 Galapagos

We have gotten pretty close since we have been here and it is a lot of fun with her living with me. Both of us have our own room so we do go our separate ways sometimes. Actually, we have even started picking on each other like sisters might and our family thinks its amusing. We are very different but both like to do the same things so it's working out really well. Here's to you, mi gemela!(y gracias a nuestra familia por su paciencia con nosotros). ;)

Twins at heart <3