The first thing we did (after getting through immense amounts of traffic) was take a walking tour of the city.
Where the president works, but not lives
Honestly, I don’t remember what this was but it’s really old
Palacjo Virreninal de Diego Colón (where Columbus’s son lived)
The Caribbean, outside the aquarium
We visited Los Tres Ojos (the Three Eyes), which are a series of underground caves about 20 minutes from the city.
Caves
Columbus’s “Lighthouse”
After checking into the hotel, we had a ton of time to walk around the city. Our hotel was right on El Conde, which is a long road full of shops and food and street vendors. It used to be accessible by car, but now it’s a pedestrian zone.
Limoncillos bought on the street
Street chess game
El Conde
On our way out of the city on Sunday we stopped at Krispy Kreme! It’s the first one in the country, and it just opened on Tuesday. Needless to say, the line was awful- 50 minutes.
We also stopped at the zoo (why not? We were already running 3 hours behind schedule).
Tiger. Obviously.
I liked Santo Domingo a lot, and I’m actually going to try and go back on Friday for the afternoon to talk to someone, anyone at the French Embassy.
I’ve tried calling the embassy from my cell here, but I just keep getting sent around in circles by menu. Santo Domingo is considered long distance, so it also really eats up the pesos on my cell phone. However, it only costs about $7 each way to take a bus there. And I don’t have classes Fridays, so it’s a perfect time to go. Keep your fingers crossed.
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