Our trip to the Capitol

Last Wednesday, the G.O. Staff went on a trip to the Capitol of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo. It's about a two hour van ride there (maybe a little less with Timmy driving) pretty much staying on one main highway. Santo Domingo, in many ways, looks like downtown Los Angeles. Lots of highway lanes, beat up houses on one side, huge, expensive houses on the other. We went to the capitol, mainly for one thing...OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE! This is a rare thing for us down here. Whereas in the states, almost every decent sized town has an Outback, you can pretty much only get it at the capitol here. Although, we had a few stops before we were to reach our much anticipated destination. We visited a few historical sites, which I have pictures below! It's good to know the history of the country we are living in. It was especially good to see the museum which had MANY artifacts that dates to several hundred years ago from when Christopher Columbus discovered the DR. No pics from the museum though. Enjoy!



THIS IS THE FIRST ARCH TO EVER BE BUILT ON THE ISLAND!



THIS IS THE FLAG OF LA REPUBLICA DOMINICANA!



THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST CATHOLIC CATHEDRALS BUILT ON THE ISLAND!



INSIDE THE CATHEDRAL



STAINED-GLASS IN THE CATHEDRAL