Stepping Out of the Boat

Wayne, one of the other foreign teachers, has been living in a hotel for a month because his apartment was not ready when he got here. First they said it would be ready in a week, then ten days... you see the pattern. So, today, he finally got to move into his apartment today after school. All week, the lady at the school who is in charge of our apartments has been saying that we were going to have a party at Wayne's new place to welcome him home. We didn't know if she was for real or not - but let me tell you - SHE WAS FOR REAL!!

We thought that if it was going to happen, we would go over for an hour or two after school and talk and have some food, but here in the DR, parties last a lot longer than a few hours. Actually, it's almost 10:30 pm and the party is still going. It moved from Wayne's to Outback Steakhouse, but it's still going strong.

The picture to the right was taken before most of the guests arrived. Check the video blog link tomorrow to see some video of the party later on - merengue music included! We even danced!



Here's Wayne in his new kitchen.

Tomorrow, we're going to the Colonial Zone to shop around and see some of the original buildings that Christopher Columbus and Co. built. We'll post about it tomorrow night unless we're too beat.