Tour of Moca!

Today the Moca group was given a very special tour of a few of Moca's highlights by the rehab director, Rosa! First we went to a very beautiful church by cab from the rehab center - due to Rosa not liking to walk very far (and it was also much quicker). This church had beautiful stained glass windows and everything else in the church was lovely and ornate. The church had a wonderful plaza equipped with fountains, benches, trees and skeletons! Wait what? Yes skeletons. During construction of the plaza, they found that it was a burial site for individuals from the 1400's. They preserved the resting places of these three individuals, but decided to cover them with a glass casing for viewing by the public. What an interesting shock it was for us, as we toured the pretty plaza and gazed down into the glass casings to find buried skeletons!

After the first church, we took a quick delicious break at Bon - a icecream chain. YUM! Rosa bought us all cones with 2 scoops of varied flavors, which all were delicious! Next, we walked to a much larger church than the first. On the way to the church we passed different buildings, statues, and parks; all of which had a story and Rosa was great at knowing them all!

The second church we toured was amazing! It was a large church and was decorated with beautiful ornate statues, pictures, stained glass windows, and flowers. The organ at this church is one of a kind and was constructed in Italy. It was huge! I wish we would have had a chance to hear it, for I bet it sounded amazing in the large hall of the church! Outside of the church there were lights all pointing towards it, and according to Rosa, at night the church is illuminated and is an amazing sight to see!!!

We only were able to take a short quick tour of Moca, but we had a great guide and learned a bit of history about the town, its people, and the Dominican Republic! What a great morning!