the dominican republic

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it was beautiful. hot. steamy. the perfect vacation. i recieved a nasty sunburn. my own fault, i know. i was smitten with my snorkling trip and only applied sunscreen once in the 6 hours. i know, super stupid. and i always preach to everyone, always wear sunscreen. clearly i am new.

now, the biggest problem with the d.r. is that i do not speak fluent spanish. i can struggle through hello, how are you, but fast spanish is a big hell no. so i stopped talking to the staff and just read a book. ok, like 5 books. i always said please and thank you, but otherwise, i kept my mouth shut. what the hell was i doing in 3 semesters of college spanish. i must have been drunk or something. or thinking, oh, i'll never need to know spanish. maybe next vacation, i need to go to an english speaking island. like the bahamas, or virgin isles.