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Things I will miss
So I'm a little behind on my posts...but as most of you know, I'm coming home in 2 days!! So in honor of this, I'm going to do two posts today: Things I will miss/Things I will not miss.
THINGS I WILL MISS!
- Having the housekeeper bring me juice when I am home in the afternoon
- My host family and especially watching Tangled and Pocahontas in Spanish with my 3 year old mini me
- Being able to take a two hour bus ride and ...
In the Time of the Butterflies
This one comes with a brief history lesson! Wahoo!
Four sisters, the Mirabal sisters, were born into a wealthy family during the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic (born from 1924-1935). Minerva, one of the sisters, became very involved in the anti-Trujillo revolution. She was even personally sought out by Trujillo and he made several sexual advances towards her. While women were not allowed to ...
Rice, beans, nachos, fruits, and liver
... is very often some form of plantains: mashed with onions (called "mangu"), boiled, or cut in pieces and fried (called "tostones") and something else listed above. Fun fact: when I'm asked if I want a "sandwich" that is defined as ham and cheese on toasted bread with ketchup and mayo. Don't get me wrong, I love ketchup, but I can't do it on a sandwich. I learned pretty quickly to ask for ...
Sosua
... helped me find all this stuff. She needed money for food, taxi and a bus and wanted me to pay for all this. I
said no. I explained I found all this myself and she just cried and cried and I was just so confused at why a girl thought I would have to pay her when I did everything myself and we didn't do anything sexual for me to pay her for. I'm proud to say I still have never had sex with a prostitute.
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Earthquake
... over New York City, engulfing the Statue of Liberty like it was a miniature trinket. The special effects of the movie really accentuated the size of the tsunami which seemed to strech right into the sky. Five minutes of this film shook me up.
As a result, I have a healthy respect for Nature's Powerful Elements...
Living relaxed on a holiday resort, one quickly forgets about worry. It had been another day ...
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