Embrace [the Now]: Trips

Trip #1: Cabarete

From October 24-26 Amanda, Megan, Joanna, and I spent the weekend at the beautiful beach of Cabarete. We ate Gorditos all weekend, we got to sleep with air conditioning, we played games, and I read.

Saturday we were on the beach, and an older gentleman came up to us. He was selling wooden animals. I asked him if he had a perezoso, or a sloth in English. I LOVE sloths, so I didn't think it was a weird thing to ask. He started laughing, and laughing, and laughing. He said, "This girl...she wants a sloth?!" and started laughing once again. He said when I come back and find him he will make a sloth for me. Hopefully we see him when mom, dad, sis, and I are at Caberete for Christmas.

Trip #2: Sosua

I have been teaching a 3-year-old English for the past two months. Amalie is a firecracker with a strong personality, but man is it special to hear her speak English. Their family invited me to go to Sosua with them for the weekend of November 7-10. I thought Caberete was beautiful, but Sosua was incredible. It is one of the most beautiful places I think I have ever been.

We stayed at Sosua Ocean Village. They have an apartment there. We spent the days lounging by the pools. There are over 7 pools to choose from. We ate yummy food, played Rumi, and I worked on my Spanish. Lots of Spanish.

I loved that trip because I was constantly surrounded by people. I felt like I had a family. It felt a little like home.

Trip #3: Constanza

I miss the cold weather SO much. Excitement filled me to the core during our weekend getaway from November 15-17. The mountain retreat is not only cold, but beautiful.

Saturday morning we woke up and fog covered the whole property.

We spent the days relaxing, reading, and best of all, hiking. We found horses, and as we were trespassing on a man's property he showed us his fish and swings that sat at the very top of the world.