Okay, just to start off. . . its been a few days since my last post- sorry about that.
Moving on--
So the most exciting thing that has happend in the last few days is I WENT TO THE CAPITOL!! Santo Domingo is its name and that is where I went. 2:30hours from Cabrera we drove, up and down a mountain
swerving cars and potholes. . . stoping and going with the horrible traffic and to top it all off it rained on us. So not only was the car ride an adventure but the entire experience of the trip was.
We left really early around 8:30/9ish from Cabrera to the capitol. Our mission was to #1, shop for wedding, teacher apartment, and school supplies, and #2 pick up the teachers the next morning and drive home.
So we left and we are driving driving driving, learned a lot about a new religion. Can't spell it or I'd tell you what religion. . . ja-ho-va-witness. haha We learned about that because it was my mom, stepdad, me, and our maintenance man, Brian. And Brian is a ja-ho-va-witness. So we learned all about the religion and its actualy quite interesting. If you don't know much about it, you should check it out. Annnyyywayyy (I'm still not religious though) .... So we finally get to Santo Domingo and its pretty crowded and there are crazy drivers like always.
-side note- if you ever come here. . . make sure when you get in a car, never pay attention to the road. you'll get scared and freak the driver out. never gasp or scream that you are about to hit someone or you probably will. the dominicans know how to drive in these circumstances.
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So we get to our first stop which is a store called La Sirena (same store that I went to when I went to San Fransisco, DR. So we knew what we could get there, but it still took us like 1hr and 1/2 to get everthing. Then we were all starving so we went to Pricemart- another store, and THEN we went to lunch. We ate at a place called Chef Pepper. It was really good. My stepdad and I had some wraps. He had 1/2 of mine and I had 1/2 of his. Great plan if I do say so myself (even though it was his idea to split)
After lunch we hit up some other stores and we actually went into a store that would be like our 'best buy' and it started to POUR! and this store had a tin roof, so it was soooooo freaking loud I couldnt even talk to my mom who was right next to me. It was crazy. Then we went to one last store and I never knew that we had them in the states but we went to a Ikea, idk if that is how you spell it but thats where we went. And my mom and I got lost in the furniture section. Yay us. We laughed about it later. . . but at the time we were in sort of a time rush so we were frustrated. I still laugh about it now. . . hahaAfter all our shopping we got dropped off at our hotel while Brian took the car/ all our shopping items back to Cabrera. Mom, Dan, and I then took a little strole around our little area in Santo Dominigo. I got some great pictures and we saw some unique things. It was a really fun night.
In the morning we had to wake up, once again, really early to pick up the teachers at the airport. -We waited in the airport for maybe 20minutes then met the teachers and we all piled into the car and off we went back to Cabrera. 2:30hours later we were at Cabrera and they were all exhausted. We have teachers that came from, Ohio, Wisconsin, Las Vegas, and . . . Texas. So all over the place But they all had to take a red eye to Ft. Lauderdale to fly into Santo Domingo at the same time in the morning. - I hope all that made sense.
We ate lunch, then sent the teachers to take a nap while Robert (mi tio/school admin), Dan, Mom, Ray (mi hermana/villa manager), and me all went to set up the teachers apartments. It was a lot of work in a short amount of time. When I got back to the house I decided to take a shower and relax a little and I went on the computer checked my e-mails (of course nothing was there)- then facebook (i got a little love there)- then i went back to the big villa for our partay. When I walked in I saw all the volunteers and some teachers all talking and I just joined in. Had the party/ played some pool/ had some interesting conversations about law offices and Gumby. Now I am here recapping my last two days sippin on some rum and coke. =D
TOMORROW- I have to -take a guess. . . - wake up early, finish packing. put my stuff in the car, walk over to the big villa to help them set up for the new guests, then somehow around 12:15ish go to the camp to take the final pictures of an epic water fight, then . . . relax the rest of the day. maybe go to the beach, maybe come home and take a nap- either one sounds fun.
Untill next post-
Goodnight, Good morning, Good afternoon. =D
Moving on--
So the most exciting thing that has happend in the last few days is I WENT TO THE CAPITOL!! Santo Domingo is its name and that is where I went. 2:30hours from Cabrera we drove, up and down a mountain
swerving cars and potholes. . . stoping and going with the horrible traffic and to top it all off it rained on us. So not only was the car ride an adventure but the entire experience of the trip was.We left really early around 8:30/9ish from Cabrera to the capitol. Our mission was to #1, shop for wedding, teacher apartment, and school supplies, and #2 pick up the teachers the next morning and drive home.
So we left and we are driving driving driving, learned a lot about a new religion. Can't spell it or I'd tell you what religion. . . ja-ho-va-witness. haha We learned about that because it was my mom, stepdad, me, and our maintenance man, Brian. And Brian is a ja-ho-va-witness. So we learned all about the religion and its actualy quite interesting. If you don't know much about it, you should check it out. Annnyyywayyy (I'm still not religious though) .... So we finally get to Santo Domingo and its pretty crowded and there are crazy drivers like always.
-side note- if you ever come here. . . make sure when you get in a car, never pay attention to the road. you'll get scared and freak the driver out. never gasp or scream that you are about to hit someone or you probably will. the dominicans know how to drive in these circumstances.
-So we get to our first stop which is a store called La Sirena (same store that I went to when I went to San Fransisco, DR. So we knew what we could get there, but it still took us like 1hr and 1/2 to get everthing. Then we were all starving so we went to Pricemart- another store, and THEN we went to lunch. We ate at a place called Chef Pepper. It was really good. My stepdad and I had some wraps. He had 1/2 of mine and I had 1/2 of his. Great plan if I do say so myself (even though it was his idea to split)
After lunch we hit up some other stores and we actually went into a store that would be like our 'best buy' and it started to POUR! and this store had a tin roof, so it was soooooo freaking loud I couldnt even talk to my mom who was right next to me. It was crazy. Then we went to one last store and I never knew that we had them in the states but we went to a Ikea, idk if that is how you spell it but thats where we went. And my mom and I got lost in the furniture section. Yay us. We laughed about it later. . . but at the time we were in sort of a time rush so we were frustrated. I still laugh about it now. . . haha
In the morning we had to wake up, once again, really early to pick up the teachers at the airport. -We waited in the airport for maybe 20minutes then met the teachers and we all piled into the car and off we went back to Cabrera. 2:30hours later we were at Cabrera and they were all exhausted. We have teachers that came from, Ohio, Wisconsin, Las Vegas, and . . . Texas. So all over the place But they all had to take a red eye to Ft. Lauderdale to fly into Santo Domingo at the same time in the morning. - I hope all that made sense.
We ate lunch, then sent the teachers to take a nap while Robert (mi tio/school admin), Dan, Mom, Ray (mi hermana/villa manager), and me all went to set up the teachers apartments. It was a lot of work in a short amount of time. When I got back to the house I decided to take a shower and relax a little and I went on the computer checked my e-mails (of course nothing was there)- then facebook (i got a little love there)- then i went back to the big villa for our partay. When I walked in I saw all the volunteers and some teachers all talking and I just joined in. Had the party/ played some pool/ had some interesting conversations about law offices and Gumby. Now I am here recapping my last two days sippin on some rum and coke. =D
TOMORROW- I have to -take a guess. . . - wake up early, finish packing. put my stuff in the car, walk over to the big villa to help them set up for the new guests, then somehow around 12:15ish go to the camp to take the final pictures of an epic water fight, then . . . relax the rest of the day. maybe go to the beach, maybe come home and take a nap- either one sounds fun.
Untill next post-
Goodnight, Good morning, Good afternoon. =D
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