LEX

soy dominicana

ok, so i'm not really dominican. but i do have some stories about this most recent trip to the DR.

we left early Friday morning, meeting at the austin airport at 4:00am (well, most of us!). it's a good thing Austin Java opened about 30 minutes before boarding time. from there we went to chicago, where we had about a 5 hour layover, then onto Miami, and finally got to Santiago Friday evening. the boones (anne and garrett) were there to meet us, along with cara and robin (who greeted me by saying, "welcome home" :)

saturday morning we visited Wisly and his family at the MAKARiOS farm and had a typical dominican meal of rice and beans with fried plantains. then it was on to Puerto Plata to get settled in at the MAK house. it's a good thing we only had 13 in our group, as one side of the MAK house was already filled with 19 people - a few full time staff, interns, and even a family who is serving for the summer.

posted by Alexia & Jeffrey @ 8:36 AM