dominican republic, part iii.

but mostly, we laid in the sun. and drank cocktails. our breakfast was included with our stay, and i took pictures of it, of course, but it's not that exciting. except for the fact that there was always papaya on the plate.
we broke any potential of habit by changing our location each day. one day at the pool, another on the beach (which was about 10 feet from the pool), and a couple of days truly lounging on these "beds." and they would bring our cocktails to us. oh yes. incredible.
we did, however, eat one fancy meal on our last night in the dominican republic. it was at a french-caribbean place literally across the street from the hotel. i spoke french twice on this trip; we ate at 2 restaurants owned by french people. i was surprised at myself; i really had no idea how much french i knew. i've spent a lot of time NOT speaking it.

anyhow, that last meal was something to write home about, but the photographs are lacking, due to the fact that we ate outside and there was little light. tracy and keith started with foie gras, and ate some beautiful fish (salmon and tuna, i believe). this was the only restaurant where they offered to make me a vegetarian meal, and it included very fancy mushrooms, spinach, asparagus mash, a goat-cheese filled biscuit, and a million other kinds of excitement. we finished with a shot of mamajuana, a combination of rum, wine, honey, and herbs (including tree bark). it is supposed to increase sexual energy. unsure about that.