La Republica Dominicana

Today was so much fun!!! We went on a scavenger hunt all around the city of Santiago. They divided us up into 5 groups and it was a race. We had to take gua-guas and taxis and walk, even in the pouring rain. We bartered for pinas (pinapples) and had to barter for clothing and see who brought back the ugliest piece of clothing (My group won by the way with a pair of leopard pants! they were sick!) and we had to buy icecream and we were led to our Spanish teacher's house- Edwin- he's awesome! Its so cool here how you really get to know your professors and how you hang out with them. Then we all met back up for dinner, the whole scavenger hunt took about 5 hrs. We got to use our Spanish a lot and really learn our way around. While we were waiting for the other groups we went to a casino (you only have to be 18 here) my friends Kate and Steve actually won some good money! Dinner took about 3 hours, they are very leisure here unlike the chop-chop attitude in the states. The group is so much fun and we are all getting to know eachother better by the day! Tonight we are all going dancing thanks to the great marange y salsa dance lessons we had last night! And tomorrow we are going to la playa (the beach) so that should be a good time. The weather is gorgeous except for the occasional rainstorm. Things are great here! Hope you are all doing well!!
God Bless.
Caitlin