Days #17-19

Ok, I dont have much to talk about, and I am writing on a Spanish keyboard, which is weird, so if things look funny, that why. I cant find the apostrophe.
Tuesday was a long day of classes, but good. I watched the inauguration with people from the program in between classes. I was on campus for a total of 12 hours. Intense!
Yesterday was a holiday here. Stacey, Kori, Sarah, Vankat, Manuel, and I all went to the beach in Sosua. We took a 2 hour bus ride, which cost 130 pesos. It was so much fun. Although it was a little touristy, it was adorably lined with shops and restaurants. They charge people 10 pesos to use to bathrooms/showers on the beach...pretty funny. For lunch, we had chicken, salad, and plaintains. We spent the whole day in the water, which was turqouise blue. The beach was a bay surrounded with hills and mountains. I will definately go back there!! Surprisingly (since its a small town), there was a commerical airport. There was a lot of air traffic coming in and going out (including Continental). The planes would get over one side of the hill/mountain, then they would get so low over the waters where we were swimming, and the landing strip is right on the edge of the bay. It has to be such a pretty view from the plane. It rained for abuot 20 minutes in the afternoon, but we stayed in the water because it was warmer in there. I played Monopolio with the kids when I got home, had dinner (chiken salad sandwhich...different kind of chiken salad but equally delicious), showered, packed for the weekend, then went to bed.
Today, I had class at 8, and we got out early. I have class again in a few minutes, until 1. The guagua leaves at 11:30 for Las Terrenas, and the last one is at 3pm. I hope we catch the 3 oclock, because if we dont we are S.O.L. They said it will be a 4 hour (more or less...one of the mostly commonly used phrase here) guagua ride. Doug and Helen are picking us up in town when we arrive. I called to ask them if they needed me to bring anything from the city, and Helen replied, {Oh no darling, just bring some booze}. haha. I dont get cell phone reception at there house, so if anyone needs anything for EMERGENCIES, call the house phone at 809.433.3963. I will be there until Monday afternoon (because Monday is also a national holiday:) ) We plan on beaching it, whale watching on Saturday, and chilling in the town. Hopefully, I will have lots of pictures to post on Monday/Tuesday when I return. Im sure I will have plenty of stories to share!!
I have a few more things to add to the blog, just funny Dominicanisms. I have to go to class right now though. Hope you all have a good weekend. Make comments on my blogs...sillys, especially when I ask for input on something. Ok, CHAO!