i´m back......

quiero todos bien por ustedes....i had difficulties logging in on friday.....i am sorry. i hope everyone is staying warm and driving carefully! i hear it has not been very pretty in the north.

things here are going well....i am settling in, and now beginning to wish i had more time for classes before my family gets here....i can´t wait to see them however, i feel classes are moving rather slowly for me. not due to the teacher but i fear it is the student that struggles. i probably need to have more classes each day, rather than dancing in the afternoon.

so, you ask...what have i done, since last i wrote...well, on friday after my classes i went to the photography studio of a friend of alejandro´s. she is a succesful photographer of children here in the capital. her studio is darling and is a bustle of activity every afternoon...while i visited she had triplet 3 year old boys there, and boy was it cute!!!!she took me back to her apartment and it is more than lovely! she has limited english so, i needed to use my spanish all night...although, her husband is from puerto rico, and has traveled everywhere and speaks fluent english. her sons are darling and are learning english in there private schools. they have quite the life!

on saturday i got up and took a taxi to playa boca chica. it was 39.- one way. i stayed at a hotel recommended by my teacher. it was perfectly clean and right on the beach, for 60.- night. no frills, but a tremendous shower!!! this is my first time in boca chica. and while i am sure all of the rumors regarding the reputation of boca chica are accurate, i did not see anything that was anymore disturbing than anywhere else.

on sunday, my teacher joined me on the beach where we sat in the sun for a short while, but then moved to a cafe on the beach where we ate, drank, talked and were approached by sankies all afternoon! it was a blast. together we took the gua-gua back to the city for under $2.-, then i needed a taxi..in total costing me about 6.- to return home!

i would not recommend boca chica as your resort destination. if coming to the caribbean, there are places so much more beautiful! let me help you get to those places!!! however, for a day or 2 it is a party!

so, i now have a new company for walking tours here in zona colonial for the women´s merengue festival. and i am going to check out an art gallery to visit for the merengue festival also. restaurants and food are never a problem....as i actually have too many choices!

tonight i would like to go to jet set, a club in santo domingo that has live music on mondays, but once again, i find myself solo...so, i am not sure i am going to go.....there is a man from switzerland staying at my house that is up for many things, but he is visiting san pedro de marcoris today. i don´t think he will be back in time to go out....i will see however.

missing you all, but glad i´m here.

a