A little vacation
As I have told you a few times I have a gazillion cousins. Some are not so nice, some are nice and some are down right scary. One of the nice ones, is my cousin Olga. Back when we lived in Brooklyn, Olga use to babysit me during summer school vacations. She was a great babysitter. She recently reminded me that as a child I refused to drink any beverage that didn't have crushed ice, she of course always crushed my ice, she spoiled me. Until about 8 months ago Olga lived in Texas now she lives here in Puerto Rico. She moved to help care for her mom, my tia Francis. Olga happens to own a timeshare in Santo Domingo, and since we both needed a little break from our caregiver/caretaker jobs, the Dominican Republic seemed like a nice escape ... and it was.Let me tell you my little huckleberries, I slept ( a whole lot) I watched TV, I ate and I drank and sunbathed and went sightseeing. It was a heavenly vacation. The weather was great the entire week we were there. Santo Domingo is filled with many historic sights, colonial times have been preserved and the architecture is impressive. The people were wonderfully friendly, the food phenomenal and the beer, well the beer was damn tasty. (the rum wasn't too shabby either but I have to admit it isn't as good as PR rum) Thank you Cuz for the love, the stories shared, and our vacation to Santo Domingo, it was great fun. And I won't tell anyone how you were a little grumpy on the flight home because you couldn't nap due to the fact that R.K.M. & Ken-Y were sitting right behind us on the plane and I had to show you their picture on my IPOD and tell you who they were because I am so hip and have a 17 year old brother who keeps me up on these things. I love that among the gazillion cousins you are one of the good ones.
Columbus or maybe it was his son, slept here.
Colonial Plaza Church
inside the church
Plaza outside the church
Coastline near our condo
Street musicians enjoyed while having a beer at a sidewalk cafe
Olga at the National Aquarium
These lizards were everywhere, and they were big.
Stairways like this one can found all over older parts of the city
Our Transportation to and from Saona Island
Saona Island
Same island, another view
inside the church
Plaza outside the church
Coastline near our condo
Street musicians enjoyed while having a beer at a sidewalk cafe
Olga at the National Aquarium
These lizards were everywhere, and they were big.
Stairways like this one can found all over older parts of the city
Our Transportation to and from Saona Island
Saona Island
Same island, another viewI have more pictures to share at another time, blogger is taking too long to upload and I have things to do. Enjoy the weekend, be back soon.
7 comments:
Those lizards are damn scary. They don't appear to be from Hollywood and don't seem to have a sense of humor. However, since we have different menu preferences I guess I'd learn not to run in fear. On the other hand I wouldn't stand in one's way either.
Guess you can tell I finally gave up after months of no posts. Wonderful gift that you're back. Belated happy new year, birthday, and all those other holiday greetings.
Lit, Its been a slippery road back but am getting back into the swing of it, I think, perhaps, yeah absolutely maybe : )
Sadly I have turned on word verification again because am getting way too much spam on this blog. Hence why I removed the above comment. damn those spammers!
Beautiful and glad you had some time off. Yeah, too much spam these days.
Nor, did you get snowed in?
Cas, living vicariously through your wins lately, hope you make it to my isla.
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