Who We're Meeting

This has been a very quiet week for us....I got sick.  I believe it was just Sunday that I bragged we'd been here two weeks and no issues....and then it hit me.  If we were in Mexico it would be Montezumas Revenge, but not sure what to call it in the DR.  Maybe the Cabarete ChaCha?   Will after two days staying close to the apartment, I'm finally all better!

We have met so many really interesting, kind and enjoyable people while here!  I'd like to eventually talk a little about each of them, so for today, here's Pat...and of course Oreo.  Pat lives in a house very near our condo and we met him on the beach.  He is one of the few Americans we've met here.  He has lived here three years and is here year round.  In his past life he was a teacher in Wyoming and also owned a bar.  His wife had been visiting family in Wyoming for the past month, but she just returned home on Monday.  Pat gave us the run down of what to do, where to go and invited us to our first social event - happy hour on Cabarete beach -- which is where we met so many of our other new friends.  He's one of  the few we've met who actually owns a car and he never rides the gaugaus - probably because dogs are frowned upon on the gaugaus and Pat never goes anywhere without Oreo.  At the beach for happy hour Oreo just roams around, sometimes she gets out of sight and Pat has to hunt for her.  Pat will (hopefully) soon he a TV star - he was filmed for an episode of Househunters International a few months ago.  I have always heard how staged that show is, that they only feature people who have already bought their homes and then HHI restages the hunt.  Pat had already been in his home over two years when the showed was filmed.  They had to actually clear all their things out of the house before filming.  No word when the show will air, but I think a watch party would be fun!  Pat has been great to give us rides to town....and back home after happy hour.  This is very nice as the gaugaus quit running about 6:30. 

Here's a pic of Matt and I on the beach in Cabarete at night.  Not a good pic, but I love the background.  It shows a peek of what it's like there in the evening.  With all the lights hungs out and the cozy furniture arranged in the sand.  It is so much fun!

Last night was the peak of the meteorite shower and we were determined we would see it.  We sprayed ourselves with Off! and grabbed the beach chairs and Herm (and a cocktail for me) and headed for the beach where we met Pat.  By about 9 a cloud cover had rolled in over the horizon and it was decided we'd need to wait for it to clear before we could get a good view.  I was getting sleepy and chilly and the effects of the cocktail were working on me so I gave up.  Matt and Pat waited it out and he said it was a nice show;.