Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo is incredible. It has the busy feel of a city, but also contains so much history. If you have a few minutes, I suggest spending the time and studing a little bit of history. Christopher Columbus first discovered Hispaniola which is the island that consists of the DR and Haiti. Santo Domingo is a very old city with the streets and buildings gushing of character.

Here is Christopher Columbus' house and there are many other tributes to him throughout the city.



Just a few of my favorite pictures from the city. I was pretty sick and made myself walk all over because we only had one day to shop and see everything. Needless to say I am not in any pictures and the pictures are not very good and are pretty random. All I could really think about was being able to walk and to capture in as much as I could.

Everyone knows and loves a "Lee." Thanks dad for giving me a great last name and to everyone else, I am not Asian.

The last two pictures show what you see when you get off the tourist road and see all the other things the city has to offer. There is more than just men staring and calling you a rubia. I just wish I could capture the sounds. Music is always playing






Did I mention that our main purpose of going to the capitol was to see the temple?! Well it was beautiful, as you can see from the pictures, but the best part was being able to be in a familiar place and to feel peace. Everything about the temple stood out in this city, to the perfectly trimmed lawn to the perfectly arranged flowers on the grounds. Every window and door in the city has iron bars that are usually quite decorative. I found out that it was not for decoration, but for safety. The temple was the only place that was not covered in protection measures. It was a great escape.

And this lovely edifice is where I spent two nights. It is the MTC and yes, I slept right below all the missionaries. So I got to sleep on temple grounds, I am pretty holy and I am thinking the next step in my life is translation (that was a joke, I try to be funny.)I talked to a few missionaries that said that people come from many different islands and Haiti and think they are staying in a 5 star hotel. They are blown away by the blinds on the window, let alone the hot water. I even got to flush my toilet paper! I thought about making a movie about this, but then decided to go to bed in a bed that I actually needed a comforter. Yes, I was cold at night, something I have not felt since I stayed at my parents house.

My weekend was wonderful, and I enjoyed pushing through my achy body and cold to experience the wonderful city of Santo Domingo.