Welcome to Santo Domingo!
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Hello from Santo Domingo!
All the students arrived yesterday to a warm welcome from their host families. Students went home from the airport to enjoy their first dinner with their new Dominican family and rest up for orientation day!
Today was packed full of information about the Dominican Republic, the culture, language, food, our service site, and much more. We had lunch and dinner all together as a group and the students got to try a variety of typical Dominican foods, including a popular side dish called tostones. After lunch, everyone had the opportunity to venture out to exchange money, visit the grocery store or grab an ice cream.
Throughout the afternoon we jumped right into some icebreaker activities and everyone started really getting to know each other. Check out some photos from yesterday and today!
Welcome dinner at a local restaurant.
Students start getting to know each other during orientation.
The host mothers all came to CIEE yesterday to pick up their new students.
Tomorrow morning we are off to our service site for the first time to get to know a little more about the organization that we will be working with these next three weeks. Everything is off to a great start here in Santo Domingo!
Check back tomorrow for more updates on the trip!
-Heather
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