And All That Jazz (Insert Jazz Hands Here)

So as usual when staying over in Santiago, you only plan on staying one night, but somehow the Hub is a black hole, and it usually sucks you in for at least one more night that you hadn't planned for. In keeping with this tradition, four of us from the previous night decided to stay an extra night, plus Rob (the guy with the cast on his foot) was coming to stay at the Hub since his friend from the States had a flight home early in the morning, so we'd get to celebrate his birthday then too.

We had planned on making fajitas, but we had to run a few errands. Thanks to the owner of the Hub, he gladly drove us around in his cool jeep. He told us about a jazz concert that they have every Monday night at the Gran Teatro del Cibao, and told us if he wanted to go he would take us. We said yes. Time flew by when we were running errands, and it got pretty late and so we did not have the time to make fajitas. We ordered Dominoes pizza instead and ended up paying RD $250, which I thought was not cool since we had a feast the night before for that price. Dominoes was still good and I made guacamole too, so that made it even better.

After dinner it was off to the jazz concert. The place was really good and it was in the little jazzy lounge. The Hub owner all bought a glass of wine. Much thanks goes out to him for his kindness and hospitality to all Peace Corps Volunteers. The jazz was amazing. I forgot how much I love going to little places and listening to live music. They did a few numbers that weren't really jazzy persay, including some Alicia Keys, Vanessa Carlton, Coldplay, and an awesome cover of a Santana song. They also did a really cool jazz version of My Favorite Things from The Sound of Music. They also had some pretty awesome jam sessions. I'm glad I stayed an extra night at the Hub, otherwise I would have missed out on all this radness.

Only 5 more days until my family and friends come for our week in Punta Cana...Yay gringo vacation!

Peace.