Christopher Columbus is big here in Santo Domingo. In fact his brother is credited as the city founder. There´s a huge staute of CC in the plaza next to our hotel which is in the colonial zone of the city. The 500 year old cathederal in on the other side of the plaza. Perhaps CC is big because none of the peaceful aboriginals lived to tell. They couldn´t stand up to European enslavement and disease.
The weather is pleasantly tropical and in the mutual comfort zone of the curmudgeon and curmudgeonette. That zone reaches from 75-85F. Below 75 the curmudgeon is cold and above 85 the curmudgeonette is hot. When we planned the trip we thought that there´d be 2 feet of snow in MN to escape. Too much global warming!
I wish I knew as much Spainish as I know Thai, which isn´t very much. There is enough tourist traffic so some know English but a little more Spanish would be helpful to me.
More another day.
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