We´re in the midst of Semana Santa, the Easter celebration, and there´s a mass exodus from the city ensuing as we speak. We PCVs thought briefly of taking a vacation for a few days, but then thought better of it as that´s exactly what everyone else in Santo Domingo is doing. Instead, we´ve decided to stay in town, enjoy the (relative) quiet, and maybe take in some of the festivities in the historic district.
We had our Spanish and Core Training tests yesterday, which we all passed with flying colors! After this weekend, we all leave for the countryside (me with the Environmental group to the north, and the IT people to the Northeast) to begin our 5 weeks of Community Based Training (CBT). We´ll be staying with new host families for those 5 weeks, taking Spanish classes, and doing hands-on training for gardening, organic pesticides, ceramic stove assembly, eco-tourism and the like. So all of this to say...I may be out of touch for a while! I hope to have internet access at least on occasion in the next 5 weeks, but we never know what will be available until we get there.
Take care, and keep the letters coming to the main PC office! :) I hope to have a readathon upon my return from el campo!
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