Spanish and Haitian Creole
Dominican pesos. One American dollar is worth about 54 pesos.
Usually around 20 pesos
I cooked white rice and mixed it with plain yogurt, tomato paste, spinach and a fried egg. It sounds weird, but it was really tasty. I ended up making it three days in a row.
The colmado (corner store) next to my house is always playing a mix of salsa, bachata and merengue music. I also like to listen to American artists like Bruce Springsteen and Olivia Rodrigo.
My friends and I stayed in Santo Domingo for two days to go to the new volunteers' swear-in ceremony. It's a very special celebration that takes place in a fancy hotel in the city. All the new volunteers dress up, bring their Dominican host families and swear the official oath that all federal employees take when they start their jobs.
