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Immersion Experience: Dominican Republic
DAY ONE... OR TWO?
Travel. Sleep. Travel. Learn. Play. Sleep.
Today drained me. Well, all of us. But in the best of ways. 😊 It was both fruitful and very hot. The weather, the weather, the weather. But first the flight.
We arrived at the airport on time, 9 pm. We waited for Andrew for an hour before realizing Andrew had been at the gate this whole time. Honestly, funny to look back at. One of many new memories. We got on this American Airlines flight from Denver to Miami. Very little sleep. Then we reached Miami.
Bienvenidos! Welcome to Miami, for those who don’t speak Spanish. In Miami, we waited for five hours. In these five hours, we reflected on what these trips can gift us, all the encounters, all the friends, and animals. 😉 We then flew like birds to the Dominican Republic, seeing the deep blue ocean below us in the air. As we landed, we awoke, excited for the endless possibilities that awaited us. And we were just getting started! We had already bonded after a 5-hour layover and flights—learning how to navigate the “choo-choos," taking us from Chick-fil-A to the Lego store.
Enter ILAC (Patrick fell asleep again on the bus ride there). After orientation, we dissected the dynamics of the culture we were about to be exposed to, and learned about traditional customs and behaviors that we would encounter. We discussed the Haiti/DR relationship at the border, inherited from the Spanish/French tensions, and reflected on how these tensions affect the lives of the people living here. We were asked to reflect on the question, “How is this similar to tensions in our own country?,” in preparation for tomorrow’s speaker.
We walked around the neighborhood as a group and tried some traditional Dominican snacks. These past 36 hours have both united us and shown us a small blip of Dominican culture.
Now we’re playing trash…
We arrived at the airport on time, 9 pm. We waited for Andrew for an hour before realizing Andrew had been at the gate this whole time. Honestly, funny to look back at. One of many new memories. We got on this American Airlines flight from Denver to Miami. Very little sleep. Then we reached Miami.
Bienvenidos! Welcome to Miami, for those who don’t speak Spanish. In Miami, we waited for five hours. In these five hours, we reflected on what these trips can gift us, all the encounters, all the friends, and animals. 😉 We then flew like birds to the Dominican Republic, seeing the deep blue ocean below us in the air. As we landed, we awoke, excited for the endless possibilities that awaited us. And we were just getting started! We had already bonded after a 5-hour layover and flights—learning how to navigate the “choo-choos," taking us from Chick-fil-A to the Lego store.
Enter ILAC (Patrick fell asleep again on the bus ride there). After orientation, we dissected the dynamics of the culture we were about to be exposed to, and learned about traditional customs and behaviors that we would encounter. We discussed the Haiti/DR relationship at the border, inherited from the Spanish/French tensions, and reflected on how these tensions affect the lives of the people living here. We were asked to reflect on the question, “How is this similar to tensions in our own country?,” in preparation for tomorrow’s speaker.
We walked around the neighborhood as a group and tried some traditional Dominican snacks. These past 36 hours have both united us and shown us a small blip of Dominican culture.
Now we’re playing trash…
Adios amigos! Muchas gracias para leer este blog!
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