I visited DR for the first time one year ago. Already I have returned twice. The last time I was there I stayed a month and took a Spanish class. I am coming next week to stay an additional month. There is something about DR that keeps me coming back. I can describe it more as a feeling. As opposed to NYC I feel more in touch with myself and other when visiting DR. I have lived in NYC for 16 years. It is my home but lately I've been drawn to the idea of living in DR. Perhaps not full time but at least half the year. I am going through a career change. My plan is to teach English. I start school for the CELTA certificate this summer in NYC.
I'm really into DR1! I'd be curious to know the various reasons why people on this site not native to DR decided to make it their full or part time home. Was it for love? Work? Dissatisfaction with ones native place of residence?
After I complete my certificate I will decide if I want to live in DR at least part time and look for work. I've made lots of human connection (romantic, sexual and platonic) in DR but I realize that often happens when not in your daily routine. Staying a month though and going to school in DR proved to me though that I could enjoy a routine and have intimate connection. Overall I feel there is more connection to raw human experience in DR then in NYC or maybe I'm just a delusioned tourist.
I'm really into DR1! I'd be curious to know the various reasons why people on this site not native to DR decided to make it their full or part time home. Was it for love? Work? Dissatisfaction with ones native place of residence?
After I complete my certificate I will decide if I want to live in DR at least part time and look for work. I've made lots of human connection (romantic, sexual and platonic) in DR but I realize that often happens when not in your daily routine. Staying a month though and going to school in DR proved to me though that I could enjoy a routine and have intimate connection. Overall I feel there is more connection to raw human experience in DR then in NYC or maybe I'm just a delusioned tourist.