Last Sunday the 28th of February, La Romana came alive with the banging of drums, the blaring of music and over 20 Carnaval comparsas dancing, marching, jumping and prancing along the streets.
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Carnaval de La Romana: Gran Desfile Sunday 28th February
Tomorrow Sunday the 28th of February the streets of La Romana will come alive with music, dancing and the banging of drums as the La Romana Carnaval ‘Gran Desfile’ marches it’s way through the streets of La Romana.
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Celebrating the end of a successful Hogar del Niño weekend – in a flurry of colours and dancing
Last Saturday the 13th of February, the Hogar del Niño fundraising weekend final event – the dinner/dance took place at the La Romana Country Club.
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Celebrating ‘Faux’ Valentine’s Day at the Abraham Lincoln School!
Last Friday the 12th of February, 2 days before the real Valentine’s day, the pupils of the Abraham Lincoln School celebrated Valentine’s Day with the banging of drums and the exchanging of gifts….
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Me, an Italian Chef? Lesson 2; Fresh pasta – Ravioli, Spaghetti, Neopolitana Sauce
I think it was pretty clear from last week’s article that I will never be a particularly successful Italian chef, however I am not COMPLETELY inept and with plenty of guidance and more than a spoon full of help, I can cook! Last week I cooked pizza and this week I cooked homemade pasta and even if […]
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Valentines Day comes to Jumbo….teddy bears looking for a home!
This Sunday the 14th of February the entire world (practically) will be celebrating Valentines Day in some form or another – whether it’s ignoring it completely or going all out with gifts, romantic dinners and flowers. In the Dominican Republic it can sometimes be difficult to find ‘good-value’ nice gifts, fortunately for this Valentine’s Day Jumbo, our local […]
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Memories of Casa de Campo: around La Romana with the in-laws
In this week’s ‘Memories of Casa de Campo,’ Carol Burke takes us on a sight-seeing tour around La Romana – before it became the La Romana it is today and it is surprisingly different!
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Me, an Italian chef? Lesson 1: bread, pizza, focaccia!
Me, an Italian Chef? UNLIKELY! Ok, so the likelihood that I will ever achieve greatness in the sphere of cooking is VERY unlikely, especially given that I’m English, and everyone knows we can’t cook! And so earlier this week, in a desperate attempt to improve, I embarked on a ‘basics’ cooking course………
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A group of Abraham Lincoln pupils compete in the Maths Olympics!
This week a group of mathematically talented Abraham Lincoln pupils ventured out of school and into the wilderness of La Romana to take part in the first round of the Mathematics Olympics competition (las Olimpiadas Matematicas) which took place in the ‘Escuela Mercedes Laura Aguiar.’
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COMPARSA DE CARNAVAL – We need volunteers!
Requerimos participantes para formar la Comparsa de Carnaval, que participara en el Evento del Hogar del Niño, a efectuarse en fecha del Sabado 13 de Febrero, en el Country Club de Casa de Campo. (ENGLISH TRANSLATION BELOW)
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Explore La Romana/Bayahibe: Capitan Kidd Pirate Bar – Bayahibe’s party bar!
Capitan Kidd was Bayahibe’s ‘new’ party bar, but now that it’s been open for over 6 months, it’s not so new! Nevertheless we thought it was high time we brought you a ‘mini-review’ on this bar, which since it’s opening has been getting more and more popular, and has now become, dare we say, Bayahibe’s […]