Santo Doming was very interesting. It has the oldest cathedral in the New World from the early 1500s. Mass on Sunday is 3 hours! We went to Christopher Columbus´house and also the house of his son, Diego. We saw remains of the hospital from that time period as well. There are many plazas where the vendors bombard you with assorted wares. For example...necklaces, earrings, bracelets, hats, CDs. rosaries, candy, coffee and kids wanting to shine your shoes or sandals. One boy asked Leslie for her water, and she gave it to him! This got annoying. The young women are very beautiful and thin, They always wear long jeans and high heels .
On Sunday morning there was an antique market where I bought a set of salad tongs with handles of Madera wood and cow horns for the serving spoon and fork for 9.00 dollars or 270 pesos. Leslie, Dr. Nero and I bargained them down from 400 pesos per set. I also bought many brightly colored necklaces made from different beads and hematite. Every time I bought some it got cheaper and cheaper. The people here, even the vendors, are all very nice and helpful. We had dinner at The Malicon last night. We ate mofongo, a cubano sandwich and keepee, the Lebanese kibbee. This is an area along the ocean that is very famous. It looks like A1A in Ft. Lauderdale. Our bus driver was at our disposal all weekend. This was all built into the Grant from Fulbright Hays. Our professor just accepted a job at NYU for September and will be leaving St. John´s. Congratulations! She will be a full professor with tenure.
The man at the reception desk commented that my Spanish was better from Friday morning to Sunday when we checked out. YEAH! It was so much fun rooming with Leslie. I have 2 chapters to read and summarize for tomorrow and an article to read for my Graduate class. It was so much hotter in Santo Domingo then in Santiago because it is a much larger city with more people and development. I do not think they have emissions controls for their vehicles. This reminds me of Puerto Rico. We went to the Botanical Gardens yesterday. The plants are similar to PR with 500 species of Palm trees. They have a Japanese Garden also. We took a tram ride through the different areas. This was great because it started to rain, thank God for that, So Hot, HOT, HOT, in the city. Yes, I had on Sunblock, a thin, cotton, long sleeve shirt and my BIG hat!
We are back in Santiago. Time for dinner and homework.
On Sunday morning there was an antique market where I bought a set of salad tongs with handles of Madera wood and cow horns for the serving spoon and fork for 9.00 dollars or 270 pesos. Leslie, Dr. Nero and I bargained them down from 400 pesos per set. I also bought many brightly colored necklaces made from different beads and hematite. Every time I bought some it got cheaper and cheaper. The people here, even the vendors, are all very nice and helpful. We had dinner at The Malicon last night. We ate mofongo, a cubano sandwich and keepee, the Lebanese kibbee. This is an area along the ocean that is very famous. It looks like A1A in Ft. Lauderdale. Our bus driver was at our disposal all weekend. This was all built into the Grant from Fulbright Hays. Our professor just accepted a job at NYU for September and will be leaving St. John´s. Congratulations! She will be a full professor with tenure.
The man at the reception desk commented that my Spanish was better from Friday morning to Sunday when we checked out. YEAH! It was so much fun rooming with Leslie. I have 2 chapters to read and summarize for tomorrow and an article to read for my Graduate class. It was so much hotter in Santo Domingo then in Santiago because it is a much larger city with more people and development. I do not think they have emissions controls for their vehicles. This reminds me of Puerto Rico. We went to the Botanical Gardens yesterday. The plants are similar to PR with 500 species of Palm trees. They have a Japanese Garden also. We took a tram ride through the different areas. This was great because it started to rain, thank God for that, So Hot, HOT, HOT, in the city. Yes, I had on Sunblock, a thin, cotton, long sleeve shirt and my BIG hat!
We are back in Santiago. Time for dinner and homework.
3 comments:
What happened to the guys? Did you trade them in for something at the market? ;)
Congrats on the language progress! I'm muy jealous! Of course, these days I'm jealous of people who can make a fist with their left hand. (I'm making progress, too.)
Have fun and keep up the good work!
Hi Lee,
Let's go to Buenos Aires next summer. Will you be our tour guide?
Love,
gina
We are glad you are having a great time. Rich, Denise, and I are sitting at the Sheraton in our SIT training. Think about us! Bring back necklaces and Presidente.
Remember Act Like you Have Some Sense. ---- Kathy
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