Last weekend us girls along with some other Americans from a local ministry made the journey to the Capital, Santo Domingo. It's about 2 hours away and we took a taxi, which is a minivan driven by a local man that doesn't really speak English so let it be a lesson learned to always have a fluent Spanish speaker with you:) We spent most of the day shopping, then we ate at the Hard Rock Cafe (a little taste of home) and ended our night with a ballet at a local theatre. The weekend was a success and I am definitely a fan of the capital!! I'll let the pictures tell the rest.
These are the 3 fathers of the country. Their ashes are buried here. They are also present on the 100 peso bill.
Here are their statues in this building that is dedicated to them. There is a guard that stands outside to protect this building. They are kind of a big deal!
After shopping for a couple of hours, we wanted to stop and grab some ice cream at a little stand on the side of the road. Here is the decor on top of the stand. Please notice it says" Safe-T Cup". I found this hilarious!!
Here is the main strip with all the stores on it. It is very cute with rod iron everywhere. You can see down the middle aisle there are black rod iron lamp losts that remind me of some Tuscan village in Italy or something.
Here is another picture of the streets. Everything is bricked and rod iron bars on windows. It has a very Spanish feel to it with the architecutre. Beautiful city!!