Since we were in the Carribean, after all, Lucas and I spent a few days after the Missions Trip on our own exploring the Dominican Republic. After a week of building cement block walls, laying on the beach was a welcome break!
We stayed at a Bed and Breakfast just outside the beach town of Sosua on the north shore. It was a beautiful, tranquil spot away from the hubbub of Dominican life. Here's Lucas relaxing by the pool before breakfast.
And here's is the view of the sunset from the breakfast nook. Our room was the top of that tower.
Then we spent a few days exploring the colonial district of the capital, Santo Domingo. Here I am in the Parque Colon (= Colombus Park) with the cathedral built in the 1500's behind me. There was a Spanish style plaza outside the cathedral with sidewalk cafe's all the way around. It was a lovely way to people watch in the plentiful shade:
Here's the ruins of the first hospital in the "New World." We had a great time walking around and seeing the colonial "firsts" in the city. We also somehow ended up on the wrong side of the fortress wall around one side of the old city and had rather a time finding a way back in.
The country's Independence Day was that weekend and it seemed that every elementary school class in the city took a field trip around the historical sights. Here is a classes observing the national anthem in el Parque Independencia (= Independence Park) which was right by our hotel.
And here we are in the evening with Christopher Colombus' son's palace behind us. It was pretty all lit up at night with a great big Spanish plaza in front of it. During the day it was really hot on that big plaza, but a night it was lovely.
The night before we left, we were able to connect up with Pastor Agapito who was helping on the Missions Trip and visit his church in Santo Domingo. They love to worship in his church, and the style shows the African influences in the country I think. Even though they were singing in Spanish, I had trouble catching very many words. Here they are singing about how powerful our God is:
We stayed at a Bed and Breakfast just outside the beach town of Sosua on the north shore. It was a beautiful, tranquil spot away from the hubbub of Dominican life. Here's Lucas relaxing by the pool before breakfast.
And here's is the view of the sunset from the breakfast nook. Our room was the top of that tower.
Then we spent a few days exploring the colonial district of the capital, Santo Domingo. Here I am in the Parque Colon (= Colombus Park) with the cathedral built in the 1500's behind me. There was a Spanish style plaza outside the cathedral with sidewalk cafe's all the way around. It was a lovely way to people watch in the plentiful shade:
Here's the ruins of the first hospital in the "New World." We had a great time walking around and seeing the colonial "firsts" in the city. We also somehow ended up on the wrong side of the fortress wall around one side of the old city and had rather a time finding a way back in.
The country's Independence Day was that weekend and it seemed that every elementary school class in the city took a field trip around the historical sights. Here is a classes observing the national anthem in el Parque Independencia (= Independence Park) which was right by our hotel.
And here we are in the evening with Christopher Colombus' son's palace behind us. It was pretty all lit up at night with a great big Spanish plaza in front of it. During the day it was really hot on that big plaza, but a night it was lovely.
The night before we left, we were able to connect up with Pastor Agapito who was helping on the Missions Trip and visit his church in Santo Domingo. They love to worship in his church, and the style shows the African influences in the country I think. Even though they were singing in Spanish, I had trouble catching very many words. Here they are singing about how powerful our God is:
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