First Grade Paseo- Tour of Santiago

On January 28th the first grade class went on their field trip- a tour of Santiago. This was somewhat disappointing for me, seeing as I would rather have traveled like they do in every other class. We gathered at school in the morning to get set to go. My wild one was required to have a family member to chaperone since he had cut the Dominican aid with a scissors the day before. There was a bit of a scramble because he arrived alone on the bus. Just before leaving his mother showed up. There was one girl's aunt that joined us also. We all piled into the guagua (van) and headed out. We got out and took pictures by the Ayuntamiento (City Hall). The Spanish teacher wanted a group picture at EVERYTHING, including the naked statues. Don't worry, I won't include that one here...

Next we observed the cathedral from our guagua and stopped at a park for a snack and to see the murals of Columbus. The kids were shocked: "Columbus was BLOND?!?!"

We took pictures EVERYWHERE! It is a very cultural thing to pose for pictures and they learn at a very young age.

Then we continued to the fire station where we got to see the fire fighters sliding down the pole and getting dressed in all their protective gear.

After that we went to another park and then to the monument to take feed the pigeons.

The highlight of the trip for the kids was easily the final stop, McDonald's, where they each got a happy meal and plenty of time to play. Fast food chains like that here are for the upper class because they have American prices, so it's pretty special. The really kids had a great time and behaved reasonably well too. ;)