Wake Up in Havana

Havana, Cuba

This is the whole point of this trip:  visit Cuba! 

 

Let's face it if we were to each list ten things we know about Cuba, we might be hard pressed.  But, that is why we are here - to see and learn.

But, for a couple weeks things looked like they might not happen when on April 21, John Bolton said “The Department of the Treasury will implement further regulatory changes to restrict nonfamily travel to Cuba. These new measures will help steer Americans’ dollars away from the Cuban regime.”  But no one seemed to know what that meant.

Amy did a lot of research about what to see and do.  We left the ship at 8am when it first docked and walked through the Old Colonial area "inside the wall" to meet our 10am walking tour.   

Woodwork on a door

We met our tour guide, one of these "pay what you think it is worth" tours, and stayed with him for an hour or so.

One of Hemingway's old haunt

Gran Teatro de La Habana

Capitol Building

Calle Obispo

Cuban Sandwiches

Johnson Drug Store

Old cannons are used all over the old town as fence posts and such.

  

Note the dog license, it states the this 'homeless' dog is loved, fed, and cared for by a local establishment and the dog catcher cannot pick it up.

No licenses for cats.

Then to Lunch.