Have you missed me yet? 🙂
I´m in the Dominican Republic on my vacation. Here are some of the observations I wanted to share with you:
1. Flight attendants have come up with a new way to torture the English language. Now, when you arrive at your destination, they ask you to “deplane the aircraft.”
2. It´s great to lose the watch and the cell phone for two weeks.
3. It is A LOT hotter in Southern Illinois than in Punta Cana.
4. When an airplane from Moscow arrives in the DR, a crowd of hugely drunk people spills out making me feel extremely embarrassed.
5. The Dominican men have no idea how to communicate with a couple where the woman is “the active subject” (asks and answers questions, orders food for both, etc.) This causes them intense discomfort and they keep trying to speak to “el señor” even when the señor resists.
6. The Internet in the DR has not improved in the 5 years that I haven´t been here.
7. Never again will I allow another 5 years to elapse witout going to an all-inclusive resort because this is the best kind of vacation for me.
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Isn’t the heat thing ridiculous? It’s a lot hotter in south Louisiana than in the Caribbean, too. Ridiculous situation.
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If it keeps getting much warmer in the Midwest, I have no idea what I will do. I have spent a month locked inside my apartment. I have prison pallor! But being outside is intolerable, except after dark.
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I have basically decided one must be elsewhere. This is a logistical problem and a financial one, but it is the only really sane answer — conditions are just too bad in summer in Central Time now.
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Summer hear in the landlocked middle of a continent bordered on east and west by mountain ranges of course will be much worse in than small tropical islands that get 24/7 sea breezes. Heck, Orlando was hotter (and drier) than Miami in the summer. And western Virginia in summer is an unparalleled misery. I can’t wait to move out of here. Destination: the American Southwest desert country. Because apparently I am insane.
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Enjoy your very well deserved vacations! Make a Russian of youself and drink heavily on the beach:)
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I´m having a pina colada right now. 🙂
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It was downright cold in Puebla, also. My wife G. was very glad she remembered to bring a shawl and a jacket.
(Puebla is at 19 degrees north latitude, and about 2300 meters above sea level.)
Sorry about the “test. Please delete.” comment I sent. I freaked out when the browser on the hotel’s shared computer in Puebla still had my name and address populated on the comment page here a day after I had signed off.
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Central Mexico is cold and rainy now. People do not believe this, but it is true.
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In Canada, the heat is making money melt! 🙂
http://mw.theweathernetwork.com/index.php?product=topstories&pagecontent=storm_watch_stories3&placecode=caqc0363&stormfile=Canadian_bills__Melting_in_the_heat__16_07_2012
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If you are awake, feel free to call me now. I’ve managed to poison myself and am now bed -ridden. N hates it when I call myself a stupid sheep but I am such a stupid sheep!!
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I just saw this!! You had food poisoning? That’s awful. I hope you got my email yesterday – will try calling you tonight!
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OK, I think I have comprehended your resort vacation concept, especially now that I see you are there (I think) for 2 whole weeks, which really gives you time to get into it and also get around the area.
The reason I never got why people went to resorts is that they are self contained worlds. Be that as it may, I grew up mostly at 2 beach stations — one town for years, then another — small pretty towns, of the type that become UNESCO heritage places, on beaches that were tourist destinations. So, you could go to the beach daily, in a place that was pleasant and that you already knew, and when school wasn’t on, you were essentially living at a resort. Both of these towns have risen in price, and I barely know anyone there any longer, yet they are where I would go on vacation and just live on the beach, swim, eat fish from the stands, sleep a lot, hike around the cliffs, and read. Perhaps watch some videos, go out occasionally, but mostly just live on the beach, on fish from the stands. And I have lived in cities where you could make it your habit to go to the beach every weekend, and did, in this almost ritualistic routine. Now with good beaches out of easy and affordable reach, I should to designate one somewhere and start going to it 2 weeks a year, make it mine.
🙂
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