Woke up and ate another free buffet breakfast, score! The we went outside and sat around waiting for a friend to walk with us to all the touristy stuff. Needless to say, he didn't show up thus we went alone. But the wait was very entertaining. While waiting, a few people sat down on a bench with us. One guy told me I look Puerto Rican so I told him I was and the other guy said I don't look Puerto Rican at all. They started arguing about whether or not I look Puerto Rican. It escalated and they started smacking each other over the argument. lol. I was like this is too serious for me. Then they continued to tell Ava that she wasn't Dominican because she doesn't speak Spanish or think in Spanish. This continued into an argument and we got up as we realized it was time to go.
We walked the Calle de las Damas, which is a street with a ton of history. This was the first street in the New World. We walked to the different sites to see the history play out. There's a gorgeous plaza that we walked through where the first home of Diego Colon is (Christopher Columbus' son). We went to the library, and past a bunch of cool historical places and museums taking a million pics. Then, we head back to the hotel and who's standing at the front desk waiting for us? Exactly, our friend Leonardo.
So, we all go to the aquarium (sooo cool!) and then the Faro a Colon (lighthouse). The lighthouse isn't your typical lighthouse. It's built in the shape of a cross. The lights are so bright at night that you can see them in Puerto Rico. The lighthouse was built for the 500 year anniversary of Columbus landing here. It has over 50 rooms full of all sorts of memorabilia from a ton of countries. He also takes us out to eat for lunch and we drank coconut water out of the coconut sitting on the side of a highway. lol. After visiting the faro and taking pictures, we head back to the Colonial area that our hotel is in.
In the colonial area, we walked to another friend's business and hung out with a bunch of the people who work there just sitting around drinking and talking. By the way, it's 100% legal to walk around drinking outside and there isn't a real drinking age here. They just drink whenever they want to start. lol. Ummm, ok. So, I stayed outside until like 9:30 just chilling and talking about the states, school, and after graduation plans. They all decided that I have to move to Santo Domingo once I graduate. lol.
The best part of this day is that everything should've costed me a bit, but Leonardo paid for everything! lol. Can't say no to that.
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