(disclaimer- this may seem like a "long" blog post, but I promised it's not. It just filled with lots of photos!)
••Santiago: (November 5-7)
Many weeks ago, the 4 of us girls ventured to Santiago to explore a city we had heard many things about. Before we stepped on the bus, we knew Santiago wasn't going to be a grandiose (I felt cool using that word) tourist location, but instead a typical "city" with typical city-like activities (restaurants, sport games, malls, etc.). And that's just what we needed compared to the region we live in.. that doesn't have all of tha to offer. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't trade where we lived for the world.. but it was nice to get away for a weekend and enjoy going out to eat, our first Dominican baseball game, going to a MOVIE THEATER (something we missed greatly, since the one near us was closed down for 3 months), and visiting a mall.
Here's a few pictures from the weekend:
The Monument
View of the city.
Before we went into the baseball game. Lauren, Andy, Cakito, and Emily came down for Montellano.
Aguilas vs. Escolidos
The whole reason we went to the game was for Cakito. We surprised him for his birthday (which was a week before this) and told him that we were going to take him to the game for his birthday!
2nd base coach arguing with the umpire. He was thrown out of the game 2 minutes later.
Trust Sarah to find Latin dancing
Movie Theater!
(photo from Dena's camera)
••Sousa Beach (October 22)
With the beach being only 30-40 minutes away, we try to visit often.
Can't get over that this is where I live.
••Malacon (October 29)
There's a historic fort in Puerto Plata, and one weekend we decided to explore it. So we hopped in a carrito (public transportation cars) and once we arrived, told moto drivers that we wanted to go to the forteleza (fort in Spanish). LITTLE did we know that you have to specify the tourist forteleza, or the forteleza at the point.. because our taxi drivers took us a to a prison (apparently this is what forteleza also means). After some explanation, we finally got to where we needed to be.. only to find it was closed on Saturdays! No matter, we walked around the Malacon (the walkway by the coast) and took pictures instead.
••Jazz Fest (November 11)
Jazz Fest is an annual multi-day jazz concert that takes part of different parts of the North Coast. We had been hearing about this festival since our first day in the country, so needless to say we were excited. And it didn't disappoint.. I wish they had live music like that every single weekend.
My favorite group of the night- Xiomara Fortuna
Groupies. What?
Other weekend events not pictured- watching the new Makarios documentary (A Rising Tide) as a staff, movie & pumpkin spice lattee night, watching episodes of New Girl, eating dinner in each others apartments, and Makarios Thanksgiving & Christmas dinners (saved for a later blog post).
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