The blog dealing with life in the Dominican Republic and Santaigo

We had an appointment down in the Capital (Santo Domingo) and decided to take our daughter with us. After waiting around for a couple hours in offices, we were able to bring her to Parque Independencia (Indpendence Park). So much history has happened here. We want to get her down there more to learn and see more of the colonial zone and history of her country. Click on the photos to see larger photos and here to see more info and photos from the trip.

Today we made trip over to Salcedo and visited the museum for the Mirabales Sisters.  Salcedo is located between Moca and San Fransico. The ride took us a little over an hour.  And the roads were not bad for the most part.  There is a bad stretch between Licey and Moca but they are working on that section so maybe that will smooth out the worst part.  The sisters were very active in the movement against the dictator Trujillo.  The museum is located in the house where they lived for the last 10 months of their lives.  It has a lot of the furniture that was used by the family at that time.  Dede, the fourth sister, is still living in the first house in Ojos de Aqua, and was the driving force behind the museum.  There are several books written about the sisters and their movement.  Julia Alverez wrote in the time of butterflies which is a fictional account of the events.  Dede recently wrote another book called living in the garden, that is fact based. We have added more photos under the day trip tab of our menu.  Check out the map and more photos.