Well, I have been home for 8 days after what I must call the most incredible year of my life. The Dominican Republic is such an incredible country and will always have a very very special place in my heart. I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels more at home there than I do here in Canada and can't wait to go back. Anyways, I was just writing and made a little list of all the things I was missing from Puerto Plata and decided to share them with all of you. Alright, here goes...
- Being able to walk five minutes every morning and buy jugo de avena or cereza -- Something that always seemed to start my day off on track. Mmm, I miss batidas de lechoza as well.
- I miss turning around and hearing bachata, merengue and salsa every second of the day; I keep turning my radio on and expecting bachata and remembering I have to put in a CD if I want to hear that.
- I miss being able to jump on a motoconcho at whatever hour of the day I needed to go anywhere. I didn't have the luxury of a car and I must say, those motoconchos came in very handy. When I'm here without a car, I'm stranded.
- I miss going out 3 or 4 times a week dancing with my friends. I love salsa dancing, as well as the others...and I just don't get my fix of it here in Brantford, Ontario.
- I miss the interesting people from all parts of the world and all walks of life that I met down there every day. I was working in Cafe Cito and never had a day where I didn't meet someone interesting.
- I miss Helado Bon
- I miss living between a beautiful mountain and the ocean. It was great living only 5 minutes from the malecon and being able to see the mountain anytime I made the effort.
- I miss not having to pay for minutes on my cell phone when someone calls me
- I miss going for hamburgers on the corner or pizza at Esso at whatever hour of the day
- I, obviously, miss the sun and the beach (Although I hear that it's basically been raining since I left, which comforts me a little. lol)
- I miss moro de habichuelas and carne de res for lunch. I'm having a really bad craving. I attempted to cook it myself today and although the beef turned out okay, I suck at cooking rice.
- I miss cheap pedicures
- I miss receiving marble cheese as a present and somehow making a little party out of it (my brother came to visit and brought my some marble cheese, which I couldn't afford, and some of my foreign neighbours joined in and we finished the huge bar off in a matter of minutes)
- I miss platanos amarillos
- I miss hearing Spanish everywhere, all day long and being able to speak it. I've become addicted to Telelatino with nothing else better to do with my time. lol
- I miss not worrying about having money and all of that bull that I seem to have to deal with daily here. I had so little money over there, but I always felt content. Here, with commercials and malls and the consumer mentality in general, I always want more. I rarely felt that over there.
- I miss sandwiches de pollo y de pierna..mmmmmmm
- I miss laughing after breaking another sandal...I don't even know how many sandals I bought down there that broke the day after due to either the quality of the show or perhaps some random pothole I didn't see in the ground while walking in Puerto Plata. I never seemed to be able to get used to always looking at the ground. (I suppose I should have invested a little more into a better quality sandal, but I had no faith because I never found a Dominican sandal that lasted me...even when I did spend)
- And last but not least, I miss laughing over the various things I would see on the roads in Puerto Plata, that I could never get over. For example, someone driving up to turn right, but being in the left lane and turning right in front of the person in the right lane. Or the number of things or people they fit onto motoconchos, etc. You all know what I mean.
Well, those are all the things I could think of at the exact moment. Of course, as well, I miss all of my friends that I made down there that became like a family to me.
Now what I would like to know is...what does everyone else miss? Or what would you miss if you were to leave?
lilcanadiangal :classic:
- Being able to walk five minutes every morning and buy jugo de avena or cereza -- Something that always seemed to start my day off on track. Mmm, I miss batidas de lechoza as well.
- I miss turning around and hearing bachata, merengue and salsa every second of the day; I keep turning my radio on and expecting bachata and remembering I have to put in a CD if I want to hear that.
- I miss being able to jump on a motoconcho at whatever hour of the day I needed to go anywhere. I didn't have the luxury of a car and I must say, those motoconchos came in very handy. When I'm here without a car, I'm stranded.
- I miss going out 3 or 4 times a week dancing with my friends. I love salsa dancing, as well as the others...and I just don't get my fix of it here in Brantford, Ontario.
- I miss the interesting people from all parts of the world and all walks of life that I met down there every day. I was working in Cafe Cito and never had a day where I didn't meet someone interesting.
- I miss Helado Bon
- I miss living between a beautiful mountain and the ocean. It was great living only 5 minutes from the malecon and being able to see the mountain anytime I made the effort.
- I miss not having to pay for minutes on my cell phone when someone calls me
- I miss going for hamburgers on the corner or pizza at Esso at whatever hour of the day
- I, obviously, miss the sun and the beach (Although I hear that it's basically been raining since I left, which comforts me a little. lol)
- I miss moro de habichuelas and carne de res for lunch. I'm having a really bad craving. I attempted to cook it myself today and although the beef turned out okay, I suck at cooking rice.
- I miss cheap pedicures
- I miss receiving marble cheese as a present and somehow making a little party out of it (my brother came to visit and brought my some marble cheese, which I couldn't afford, and some of my foreign neighbours joined in and we finished the huge bar off in a matter of minutes)
- I miss platanos amarillos
- I miss hearing Spanish everywhere, all day long and being able to speak it. I've become addicted to Telelatino with nothing else better to do with my time. lol
- I miss not worrying about having money and all of that bull that I seem to have to deal with daily here. I had so little money over there, but I always felt content. Here, with commercials and malls and the consumer mentality in general, I always want more. I rarely felt that over there.
- I miss sandwiches de pollo y de pierna..mmmmmmm
- I miss laughing after breaking another sandal...I don't even know how many sandals I bought down there that broke the day after due to either the quality of the show or perhaps some random pothole I didn't see in the ground while walking in Puerto Plata. I never seemed to be able to get used to always looking at the ground. (I suppose I should have invested a little more into a better quality sandal, but I had no faith because I never found a Dominican sandal that lasted me...even when I did spend)
- And last but not least, I miss laughing over the various things I would see on the roads in Puerto Plata, that I could never get over. For example, someone driving up to turn right, but being in the left lane and turning right in front of the person in the right lane. Or the number of things or people they fit onto motoconchos, etc. You all know what I mean.
Well, those are all the things I could think of at the exact moment. Of course, as well, I miss all of my friends that I made down there that became like a family to me.
Now what I would like to know is...what does everyone else miss? Or what would you miss if you were to leave?
lilcanadiangal :classic: