Catching up. . . . .

I've been a bit busy lately, so haven't had much time to Blog. The lights have also gon eout quite a bit, and that cuts into my computer time! I was typing a long email yesterday and suddenly, no lights, computer shuts down, lose all my work. I'll have to resurrect the UPS I have and see if it still works.

We had the phone company here yesterday. They improved the DSL speed to where it is decent, but I am still not getting the velocity I am paying for. Another guy is coming today to check the lines etc. We'll see. Overall their customer service is getting better.

We ate at Mcdonalds last night and Joan ate 2 happy meals. I am pretty sure he did it just to get 2 toys that come with the meals etc. He went to school today and said when he returns he wants to learn more english. He is learning pretty fast for an 8 year old.

I went to a Baseball Game on Sunday. I brought my video camera and shot a bunch of footage. I will edit it together when I get back to NY and post it on my dr-tourist.tv site. Games here are a blast. People go CRAZY over baseball. They drink beer, and rum and wave flags, dance in the aisles, make an incredible amount of noise and even have cheerleaders!

It was a playoff game between the Licey Tigers and the Giants of Cibao. Licey won big time. I wanted to see Timo Perez of the Mets play but he didn't. Luis Castillo played for Licey as well as Jose Offerman. The players actually seem to enjoy playing the game, and it has a whole different vibe than a major league game. Any baseball fan that visist the Dominican Republic needs to attend at least one game.

The Caribbean World series is next week, and I might try and make one of those games as well.