Rain Rain Rain!

As it is raining outside (like almost every other day), I just thought I would write a quick entry and hopefully it will have stopped by the time I finish so I can go explore!

I've been having a lot of fun thus far this week and can't believe it is almost over already! The other students at my spanish school and I have been getting out quite a bit. It is really interesting because we are all from so many different places! A few from the Unites States, and others from Amsterdam, Germany, and China. It is so fun to hear about everyone's lives and adventures! One night we went to a bar and drank rum and smoked dominican cigars (just like all the old dominican men, haha).

This is the coast in Santo Domingo, it isn't a beach and not even the Dominicans will swim in the water!

The Beach at Boca Chica

Yesterday we went to the beach at Boca Chica, which is the closest beach to Santo Domingo and where all the locals go! It was nice to go for a swim in the ocean, but there was quite a bit of trash on the beach and always people coming up to us and trying to sell us food and other things. Though at least there weren't many other tourists! After the beach, the three of us who went met up with most of the other students for dinner as it was one guy's last night in town!

Out to eat with the other students!

Tomorrow, I think I am going to go with a friend of one of the teachers at the school who is a taxi driver. He is going to take Ana ( the german girl) and I around the city to some of the places that you shouldn't go alone and where tourists never go. It should be very interesting to see! All said, I am very excited to get out of the city and settle into my new home :)

Hopefully Tropical Storm Ana continues to stear clear of the DR!