Meet American and other Expats: Every Wednesday, Ibarra, Ecuador
First meeting August 11, 2010 at 11:30 AM
No reservations needed, come and have fun. This is an informal gathering for English speakers to exchange information and ideas about Ecuador and most any other topic that might come up. Enjoy a great lunch. This meeting has been started on the same basis that the Sunday Expat Meeting in Montevideo, Uruguay has been happening for over 4 years on.
Don't be shy, stop by and say hi.
The meeting is open to everyone, expats, retirees, tourists, Ecuadorians; everyone is welcome to stop by too.
The founding principles** of this expat meeting is simplicity:
- Always the same time.
- Always the same place.
- Always someone there rain or shine.
Where?
 Olor a Cafe
at Bolivar y Flores
Ibarra, Ecuador.
Olor a Cafe is located in the beautifully restored historical Casa de la Ibarrenidad cir 1906. It is filled with paintings, sculpture, ancient artifacts add jewelery created by local artists.
Olor a cafè offers an extensive menu, in English, beginning with expreso, mocachino, and even frozen capuchino. You also have Chile wines and a wide variety of cocktails to choose from. The menu includes breakfast, lunch and dinner. Accompany your meal. Fresh homemade rhubarb and apple pies, orange and apple spice cakes, chocolate torte, fudge and cheesecake will tempt you.
Have something to sell?
The Ibarra Expat meetings are intended to be an informal social gathering and not a forum to promote your products or services. Of course you are welcome to bring business cards and discuss what you do at the meetings. However, it is not a forum where you can stand up to address the group. Do bring a notepad so you can easily exchange contacts!
Total Ecuador offers free advertising on our website for those with a business message. Our website reaches are large number of people living in, moving to, visiting and dreaming about Ecuador.
Speak a little English, maybe some Spanish too!
This is a completely informal and social meeting. There is no boring "business" to attend to. There are not any sales pitches or boring presentations to suffer through. When you arrive you can just take a seat, or walk around and introduce yourself to everyone. It's not a problem if you arrive early or late (early is better of course!)
Everyone is welcome.
** Note: We can't say we'll never change the time or place, so please check here for updates.
Come and join other expats and English speakers in Ibarra, Ecuador. This meeting is just getting started, but the Montevideo meeting regularly attracts people of many nationalities which helps make it a very interesting meeting, Some of the many nationalities have attended the meetings: Australians, Dutch, Canadians, Danish, Bolivian, South African, Norwegian, Brazilian, Serbian, Finnish, Colombian, French, Nigerian, Turkish, Germans, Argentinians, Indian, British, Belgian, Irish, Russian, El Salvadorian, New Zealanders, Ukrainian and more. Everyone is welcome too.
If you have any questions, please ask them in our forum post: Total Ecuador Forum thread about the Ibarra Expat Meeting. However, the only question should be when are you coming?
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