Hello, family and friends!
We have made it safely to our “home-away-from-home” at Dilenia’s Hotel in Constanza! It took two flights, three countries, and one long bus ride to get here but it was absolutely worth it. Katherine, Francis, Anthony, and Sandy greeted us at the airport in Santiago with warm hugs and smiles and have continued to make us feel increasingly welcomed in this wonderful country. Dilenia and Marino made us pollo frito, platanos fritos, and vegetales for dinner (fried chicken, fried plantains, and vegetables) and treated us to a very special strawberry juice- all Constanzan/Dominican specialities! After dinner, Katherine and Francis went over logistics for us to help us through the rest of the trip which was extremely helpful. The weather in Constanza is much cooler and less humid than near the beaches (which is amazing!) and we are very thankful for these conditions.
Tomorrow our theme of the day is, “History & City Tour” and we will head to the city plazoleta. We will also start planning our English Tutoring classes for later on in the week and begin writing in our Travel Journals! We generally miss everyone but may be too tired to actually come up with any real emotion right now. 🙂 Just kidding! However, we do wish you all could see this beautiful place!
We hope this blog post reaches everyone in good health and happiness!
Hello Glimpsers,
Good to hear you guys made it safely!!!
Thank you Stephanie for the update. Have fun tomorrow and looking forward to you rest of the blogs!!
Navya, enjoy your trip and come back with wonderful stories and pictures. We miss you and love you!!
Mom, Dad and Nidhi.
FYI warriors are the champions!!!
First of all I will like to thank The Lord for you all getting to your destination safe. I am Cynthia Ponce’s mom, just want to say that I love her and miss her so much. I will be praying for you all. Have lots of fun and enjoy your trip.
ily navya! hope you’re having a great time 🙂
Navya!!! Hope you’re enjoying yourself and eating good food!
these blogs are really cool, looking forward to reading more ab the trip!! also hi navs
Vivienne and Alex: So glad you arrived safely. Enjoy your time. Dubs won!
Wooohooo! So glad to see this! Thank you Stephanie for the update. I am relieved that you all made it safe. Couldn’t concentrate on the game well. Alesia, we won! Dad and Alex are “happy” for the Warriors. KD is MVP so he was excited for that. Hope you all got enough rest and looking forward to more blogs. God Bless You All!
BTW. Food sounds good.
HI VIVIENNE, I’m glad y’all made it safely and yeah I just wanted to let you know that Warriors won 129-120 and that Kevin Durant got the MVP award.
Hope y’all have fun and enjoy your time there.
Much Love,
Cecilia
liam!!! miss you nobz don’t have too much fun
Hello Glimpsers!
So glad to hear you all arrived safe and sound. I am Bella’s mom and just wanted to let her know her crazy little cat, Prosecco, misses her and has been scratching all of us because we are not her. Or she has gone feral already in your absence. Bella, Bebita misses you. Yes, she actually said that! Or maybe it was she missed wearing your clothes. 😉
Hope you all have a great time and learn and experience a lot in your travels.
Best,
Mary
Big love to all the glimpsers in Constanza!!! I hope you guys get to try jugo de chinola and get to know Dilenia and her family and the local youth ambassadors.
I stayed at Dilenia’s last year, and for any parents reading this, I want to assure you guys that Dilenia and Marino take SUCH good care of the glimpsers.
Yeah – I see Liam! He looks fine and well. Thanks for the updates. Hope everyone is learning so much and making memories for a lifetime.