A day of Shopping

A heavy rain this morning left us thinking that it would be a dull day. That was short lived though and it turned into a good day to go shopping. We picked up John and Shelley mid morning and headed to El Cortecito. First stop was to tour a cigar store. Pretty cool! They make cigars right in the store. Jewelery in Plaza Bavaro and a new nose ring for Barb, then we headed to the fruit stand for a snack. (When the kids read this they are bound to be a little cranky to find out we stopped for fruit without them ...)
We learned that John is an expert at bartering. Every purchase was a bargain and a great deal. Plus now he has a ton of new 'Best Friends" here in DR. We waited to go to the grocery store (Caribe) for booze and coffee though.
Something to note: Shelley needed Aloe for her sunburn. the small, 8 oz bottle of cost more than the 1.14 L bottle of fine Dominican Rum.

If it were me I think I might be tempted to just rub the booze all over me:)


And finally, the Salsa taste-off. Well, the boys conceded. Seems that there is sightly more work involved in slicing vegetables than expected. Barb is still reigning champeen and now there are no contenders.