The Equator

We walked around the city, visiting churches and museums yesterday.  Today, we visited the centre of the world...  The Equator. For which Ecuador was named!  Fascinating collection of museums built on either side of the equator.  It was a Frenchman in the 1700's who did measurements outside of Quito, and established the middle of the world. (It took him 3 years.)  He was only 150 mtrs out by today's measurements!