My Routine

I get up around 8 and take a shower and then go get breakfast. Now that I´m at the school, breakfast is included. They usually have a choice of some cheeses, bread, deli meat (I can recognize the pepperoni and maybe ham, unsure of the rest), mango, pineapple. Today, they had ¨hard¨ boiled eggs that weren´t really hard. OJ and milk, I haven´t tried the milk and of course coffee.
Class starts at 9'ish. We work until 1030 and then there is a coffee break until 11. Then from 11 to 1230 class. Our afternoons are free. Some afternoons, they have group activities, like going to Puerto Plata or a BBQ (all for an additional fee). I either go to the beach for a couple of hours or go get lunch and then go to the beach. Then I spend an hour or two working on my spanish. I try and complete a couple of lessons ahead of the class so I don´t have to try and figure it out during class.
I´ve met a guy Antonio who has taken me around the area and shown me areas away from the tourist area. I´ve gone to where the Dominicans live, it´s basically concrete floors and walls with tin roofs. Lots and lots of people. In a couple of months, they are going to move them all to this big apartment complex. Three levels, each apartment has 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, kitchen and open room. I think the real reason is to clear them away from the beach. Where they live now can then be torn down and many hotels can be built on the beach.