Every few weeks I am going to do a post that includes some questions that I find in books, or that I hear from people that include details about the wedding or about the locations in general. Read, or dont read...it's your perrogative :)
-Why did you chose this destination for your wedding?
I have always dreamed of a casual beach wedding, and well marrying a man that grew up in the Dominican Republic made the choice easy for me. Most of Gustavo's family on his mother's side is from the Santo Domingo area. Santo Domingo is the capital and is about 20 minutes west of Boca Chica, the wedding location. I have to admit that there was some reservation right before we finalized the location. I was struggling with the fact that having our wedding in the DR was going to mean that not everyone that was meaningful to me would be able to attend. I found solace in that fact that I was staying true to what I have always dreamed of and prayed that who was meant to be there would be there - at least I knew Gustavo would be there!
-What will the weather be like?
According to MSN weather, the average temperature for the month of February is a high of 85F and a low of 69F. The average precipitation for that month is also 0.03cm of rain per day. Do you know what that means? Neither do I. But it sounds pretty good...
-What's the time difference?
Well I don't know much about how all this time zone stuff works. But, Dominican Republic is in the GMT (UTC) -4 time zone. Apparently they do not use daylight savings time. So I dont know what that means for February, but right now it's 6PM in Arkansas, 7PM on the east coast, and 7PM in the DR. That's all I got :)
-What's the local language and currency?
Yes, this is copied and pasted.
The Dominican Republic is almost entirely Spanish speaking. Due to long-standing and ongoing immigration from Haiti, Haitian Creole is spoken by several hundred thousand Haitian immigrants and their descendants. There is a community of about 8,000 speakers of Samaná English in the Samaná Peninsula. They are the descendants of formerly enslaved African Americans who arrived in the 19th century.[77] Tourism, American pop culture, the influence of Dominican Americans, and the country's economic ties with the United States motivate other Dominicans to learn English. French is also spoken by a good portion of the population.
The Dominican peso, also called peso oro ("gold peso") is the currency of the Dominican Republic. Its symbol is "$", with "RD$" used when distinction from other pesos (or dollars) is required; its ISO 4217 code is "DOP". Each peso is divided into 100 centavos ("cents"), for which the ¢ symbol is used. It is the only currency which is legal tender for all monetary transactions, whether public or private, in the Dominican Republic. The current exchange rate is 1 USD = 36.85 DOP.
-How many days should we plan to stay?
That is up to you! Gustavo and I are going to be there for about 10 days. We are planning on having wedding activities formally and unformally Thursday- Saturday. Come for the wedding, stay for a vacation!
Also, FYI: Dominican Republic has a national celebration in the month of February for their Independence Day...Carnival.
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