Aquarium

Shoreline, city skyline from the aquarium...
The monster turtles were a favorite!
There was local school group touring the aquarium. Can you guess the attraction that has them all clustered around in rapt attention? Yeah- it was Alex. :-) Try to talk to him in Spanish... That doesn't work? Hmm, try the four English words we know... Meanwhile Alex experiments with Creole on them. Not much success there either... Touch his hair, laugh and giggle. All end up running over to the merry go round together and spinning till we're dizzy... Children sure know how to get along together. :-)

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Traffic in Santo Domingo... Makes me feel right at home. :-)
There's a beautiful aquarium in the Capital, we spent several hours admiring the fish and fauna. Cherie and Alex were thrilled. Complete with an underwater glass tunnel, sharks swirling overhead.

More D.R. :)

Along the Via El Conde... El Conde is a road-turned-footpath running from one side of the old Colonial Zone to the other. The old walled city was built exactly one kilometer square. This walk is lined with small shops, cafes, and interesting things to see, the hotel we stayed at was also located right along El Conde.
Yogun Früz, a popular ice cream/frozen yogurt shop. Popular with the Simmons at any rate!!! :-)

More DR

The historic Zona Colonial in Santo Domingo- first city in the New World! Some of walls you can see today, were built in the 16th century. Pretty impressive.
Alex demonstrating the size of the cannon opening.
Old and new; a corner of the original colonial wall sits in between the lanes of a busy roadway, with a cruise ship for a backdrop...

Some pics from our recent trip to the Dominican

With our friends Tom and Laurie Mohler in Jimani, Dominican Republic.... Beautiful place!!!