Primeros Días en Santiago, DR!

Ya estamos aquí!! Here's a little bit about what we've been up to since we arrived:

Day 1: Travel to Santiago

• Tired, but excited, we arrived around 8:30pm on Sunday. Students went directly to meet their Dominican families. 

 Day 2: Orientation

• We traveled to Jarabacoa, a mountainous area about an hour outside of Santiago for orientation. 
• Students went through a Dominican "crash course" of all the basics of being in the country
• We visited Jimenoa and Yaque del Norte rivers

Day 3:

• Students visited Centro Cultural Domínico-Americano educational center, where we will have classes and seminars & completed a Spanish placement test
• After lunch, we went on a tour of Santiago, visiting the monument and the surrounding municipalities

A few of our favorites so far:

• the FOOD! (plátanos at every meal & rice and beans galore!)
• the lush vegetation everywhere!
• our awesome host families
• the friendly people

Hasta Pronto,

Kathryn (Program Leader)