Final Moments in the Dominican Republic

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In my last days at the Dominican Republic, I tried to savor each experience before it was time to leave. This included drinking those delicious and fresh batidas fresas (strawberry smoothies). Another memory that I will take away with me is playing tennis in one of the most beautiful recreational centers Iโ€™ve ever been. The recreational center is called Olympic and it has multiple tennis courts, basketball courts, a track field, a baseball field, a soccer field, and a place to play volley ball. Never have I seen that many courts and fields at one place to host different type of sports.  

I woke up close to 7 oโ€™clock in the morning, and one of the members in my program and I took a taxi to Olympic. He was a bit worried that all the courts would be occupied, but I didnโ€™t think it was possible since it was 8 am. I was mistaken. All of the tennis courts were occupied and wouldnโ€™t be available until 10 am. Wow! Are we going to spend another 30 minutes just to return to our hostel? Nope, instead we found two older men that let us played 2 sets of doubles games with them. I was terrible at first because I hadnโ€™t played tennis in such a long time โ€“ last summer to be exact. Anyways we didnโ€™t win both sets, but that didnโ€™t matter to me. I had a great time and I got to play tennis in the DR โ€“ that was more than enough for me.