Cervezas
Beers
here are only sold in one size, a very large size it is. They are twice the size of those in the United States, and
about 1/3 the price. Here it is
about the same price for a water and a beer…as you can imagine this has become
a pretty difficult decision in my everyday life. We also quickly discovered that it is completely legal to
walk around the city, or anywhere, drinking a beer. In theory, I could walk to school with a beer, in theory.
The
drinking culture here is pretty big.
I recently read a blog…that seems to be pretty true…”people drink when
they are happy, mad, sad, in celebration, in boredom, etc.”. I have also been surprised (perhaps pleasantly
surprised) by how early people start drinking. Happy hours start around 4:00 or 5:00, and usually end by 8:00
or 9:00. So, if you want to drink
cheaply, you have to get drunk before 8:00 hah. One of the first phrases I learned was “se derrama sangre pero no alcohol" which basically means you can shed blood, but you
can’t shed water.
So I'm pretty jealous of how cheap beer is there for you... Is any of it really good? We've basically got 3 major brands and a few random others, along with the rarer import. But hardly anything dark, even though Dominicans will insist that the most popular brand is one of the best in the world. I freaked out when I happened across some dark German beer once, cause I'd really missed it.
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