Cuba

6-15-17 2:36pm Havana

Yes.  Havana.  Cuba.  Uh huh.  We're here.  And wow.  What an interesting place.  I can honestly say I've never seen a part of the world like this.  Words, especially mine, cannot accurately describe this country and what I've seen of it so far.  But here are a few words:

Hot.  Lush.  Old.  

It's really an interesting area.  I know the word "interesting" is extremely expressive and paints you a vivid picture of this place 🙄, but that's all I have right now.  There are people on motorcycles, in buses, in cars and walking around everywhere.  

So far it appears that people love Americans here.  Maybe it was when our Spanish speaking cab driver exclaimed, "I love Americans because they tip big!" that gave me that clue.  But so far it's been a nice experience.  We met Tania who is our Airbnb host.  She gave us some tips of places to go and eat.  She is also our contact for a taxi if we need one.  No Uber here folks(unless there's a version for the horse and buggies I've seen).  

We just had lunch at one of the places Tania suggested.  El Balcon(yes, same name as the Mexican place on Bremerton Island, WA....congrats.  You win $1 CUP(which I think is a Cuban peso)) was very good food.  All three of us are very well with a table full of carne, pollo, arroz, frijoles, and plantanos(all sp?) for a total of $27 CUP including tip.  I would recommended this place to anyone.  Our server was very patient and kind and conversed quite a bit with us.  Thankfully Chap is fluent in Spanish and can help Mary and I in conversation, but our server was very kind in helping us with pronunciations. 

We are back at the casa now and relaxing for a bit before heading downtown.  

If my pictures work here are some pictures of the view from our street, my food, my dietetica(Dee-eh-teh-tih-kuh) cola, and the walk back to El Balcon.