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A warm welcome

8/29/2012

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I set up shop in my new home today: Take a look. 
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I´m renting a room from my program director, but I´ve got access to the living room, kitchen, and patio as well. 
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Love birds on the patio. I also share the apartment with 2 kitties and a small dog (but they were all camera shy at the moment)
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I also met up with Sophia, who is teaching the same Advanced Conversation class as me, to start planning our first day and discuss the curriculum a bit. Being new teachers, we both have a small case of the first day jitters, but it was nice to bounce ideas off each other and iron out a few things. 
After our meeting, Sophia and I were loaded up in a van with several other of the previous CIEE professors who were returning to teach again. We chugged our way up to Camp David Ranch, a hotel and restaurant situated near the peak of a closeby mountain. It was the perfect chance to get to know some of the other teachers and ask questions about all those little teacher-y things that a first-timer needs to know...like which building to go to for the best free coffee on campus, and what cultural differences to expect from Dominican students, and which concho to use to get you closest to the PUCMM.   Never have I felt so immediately welcomed and accepted before, and it was so heartwarming after my relatively solitary state this last week. 
Glasses of wine and tempting appetizers were passed around the table as the sun sank lower in the sky. The views were spectacular (photos really in no way do them justice). The food was divine and the company was excellent. I'm pretty sure I could have sat there all night with the warm breeze and the twinkling lights of Santiago glittering in the background. (Sigh)  If you are trying to make me fall in love with you Santiago, you are off to a good start. 
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Sofía and Abigail
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So this is what a dictator drives. One of Trujillo's many cars.
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More from the Trujillo collection
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Thumbs up dude!
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The dashing Ryan and Brian
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Ceviche Peruano (Peruvian Ceviche)
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Beer battered shrimp
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Berenjena Parmesana (Eggplant parmesan....the crowd favorite)
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Goat Cheese salad. My main course and melt in your mouth delicious. 
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Ok so the rest of this food isn't mine, but it looked so gosh-darn scrumptious, I had to snap some quick pics. 
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Tonight was actually a blue moon: blue moons are not actually blue (I know, I was wrong too). They are really just the second full moon that occurs in the same month, which is very rare, since moon cycles last around 28 days. So you can see where the phrase, "once in a blue moon" comes from, and what an appropriate way to describe the night. 
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leanna
8/29/2012 04:11:21 pm

Yay glad you had a goodnight and had the chance to meet some people! :) hope your first day goes well Love you

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Aunt Tina
8/30/2012 01:13:43 am

Looking forward to reading about your wonderful adventure!

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mal
8/30/2012 01:35:51 am

Your apartment is so cute!!!

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Alison
8/31/2012 08:25:28 am

Love the new place Molly!

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    Hola! My name is Molly and I was recently hired through the travel abroad company CIEE as an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher for the PUCMM, a university located in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Hopefully this blog will give future travelers an insight into teaching abroad, while also helping me log my adventures and stay in touch with friends back home. 

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