{"id":2812,"date":"2012-08-28T17:16:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T17:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.interdominternships.org\/?p=2812"},"modified":"2015-11-16T21:47:02","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T21:47:02","slug":"the-dominican-republic-is-simply-amazing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interdominternships.org\/es\/the-dominican-republic-is-simply-amazing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dominican Republic is Simply Amazing!"},"content":{"rendered":"


\"\"<\/a><\/a>By: Ioana Pescaru<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Ioana has completed three years of her Bachelor\u2019s d<\/i>egree in Spanish, French and Media and Communication at Newcastle University in Newcastle, Great Britain. She is one of three students participating in the 2012 pilot of the InteRDom Correspondent Program, and is participating in the 2012 10-week Caribbean Summer Program, with special dates beginning July 1. You can read more about Ioana and her participation in the Correspondent Program here.<\/i><\/p>\n

Time in the Dominican capital flies extremely f<\/span>ast. There are so many attractive things to do a<\/span>nd places to visit around the country <\/span>that 10 weeks are just not enough. In this post I would like to talk about the activities that InteRDom has organized for us. There were various activities and I truly enjoyed all of them, as they represented an excellent way to get to know the Dominican culture, history and discover the beautiful exotic nature.<\/span><\/p>\n

One activity consisted of a Theatre Night. We saw th<\/span>e play<\/span> called \u201cEl Resbal\u00f3n de Julieta\u201d at the small, loc<\/span>al and very cute theatre \u201cLas M\u00e1scaras\u201d, in La Zona Colonial. The show was in Spanish, so it gave us the opportunity to get familiarized with the specific Dominican Spanish and learn mor<\/span>e slang and expressions. What was very touching and special was the fact that at the end of the play we had the chance to talk to the actors a<\/span>nd take some pictures together that will alwa<\/span>ys remind me of that authentic theatre.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The next activity was a trip to \u201cEl Sendero de Cacao,\u201d <\/span>a plantation of cocoa trees. Imagine that! This trip should be on the \u201dmust see list\u201d of ea<\/span>ch visitor to step on this part of Hispaniola island. The tour consisted of a walk around the plantation guided by one of the workers that explained every single step that has to be taken in order to obtain the cocoa powder and then the chocolate paste we all use for making cakes or prepare sweet drin<\/span>ks. Absolutely exciting! At the end of the tour we were explained and showed the process of making organic chocolate: black, white or with milk. We all received a little chocolate shape made in front of us, just for us. Isn\u2019t it sweet? The \u201chacienda\u201d also has a little shop were one can purchase little souvenirs, most of them chocolate flavoured. At the end we had lunch on the premises. I swear it was the best lunch I have eve<\/span>r <\/span>had: local Dominican food, tasty and exotic. <\/span>We were delighted to have as dessert a plate <\/span>of seasonal fruit topped with melted chocolate. Y<\/span>ummy\u2026! I would definitely go there again!!<\/span><\/p>\n

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The other activity was a visit to the Museum <\/span>of <\/span>Resistance, movie afternoon and lunch. This was another cultural activity that introduced us to the sad history of Trujillo\u2019s era. I learned a lot about the tyranny that characterized the dictator and how things used to be back in time. The movie we saw \u201cIn the Time of the Butterflies\u201d was the ideal way to continue the visit to the museum as it helped us making a clearer idea about the political situation imposed by Trujillo.<\/span><\/p>\n

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As I still have some time left to spend on this pretty island I am planning to travel and visit more, in order to accumulate as much information as it would be possible about the past and the present of this Dominican people and civilization. <\/span><\/p>\n

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