We arranged to have two of the classic cars we had taken earlier in the week to take us to the airport and pick our kids up. We got to see a little different side of Havana on our trip, more where people live and work. We saw a few large businesses, either warehouses or offices. They still deal with the same decay we've witnessed in Havana Vieja.
The flight was delayed out of Miami, so we had quite a bit of time to sit around the airport waiting for them. Even though our drivers didn't speak much English and we spoke no Spanish, David found a way to talk the universal language of cars. IPhone pictures filled in where words couldn't. After an hour plus delay, we gathered our crew and headed back to our place. They had had a long travel day, so everyone went to bed as soon as they were settled.
The next morning (a Sunday) we introduced them to the two ladies that have been taking such good care of us. Alexa was able to use her Spanish skills to make the introductions a little easier. After breakfast, we got ready to show them a little of the city.
The Havana marathon was just concluding as we headed out. We haven't noticed a lot of runners during our visit, but they did have a decent number of participants in the race. I also assume there were some people that had flown in for the race.
We hadn't really planned our introduction route which ended up making our morning seem a little random. We ended up in the renovated areas because the decay was a little too much for one of our sons. We stopped at one of the few microbreweries in Havana. The beer was okay, but the lack of competition probably did not help them. It still was fun to try something a little different.
We walked further, visiting the church we had gone into several days earlier. However, we couldn't take them into the tower today to give them an elevated view of the city. Today was turning into a little of a disappointment. We walked around a little more, but it was obvious they needed to rest up from their journey and we needed to regroup.
Tomorrow: A Walking Tour of the City
The flight was delayed out of Miami, so we had quite a bit of time to sit around the airport waiting for them. Even though our drivers didn't speak much English and we spoke no Spanish, David found a way to talk the universal language of cars. IPhone pictures filled in where words couldn't. After an hour plus delay, we gathered our crew and headed back to our place. They had had a long travel day, so everyone went to bed as soon as they were settled.
The next morning (a Sunday) we introduced them to the two ladies that have been taking such good care of us. Alexa was able to use her Spanish skills to make the introductions a little easier. After breakfast, we got ready to show them a little of the city.
The Havana marathon was just concluding as we headed out. We haven't noticed a lot of runners during our visit, but they did have a decent number of participants in the race. I also assume there were some people that had flown in for the race.
We hadn't really planned our introduction route which ended up making our morning seem a little random. We ended up in the renovated areas because the decay was a little too much for one of our sons. We stopped at one of the few microbreweries in Havana. The beer was okay, but the lack of competition probably did not help them. It still was fun to try something a little different.
We walked further, visiting the church we had gone into several days earlier. However, we couldn't take them into the tower today to give them an elevated view of the city. Today was turning into a little of a disappointment. We walked around a little more, but it was obvious they needed to rest up from their journey and we needed to regroup.
Tomorrow: A Walking Tour of the City
SO we've all been curious IF you had to pick your family up at the Santa Clara airport and then depart from there since no flights had been sanctioned to Havana yet?
ReplyDeleteThey flew charter from Miami to Havana. We had been told it would be a giant hassle to try to get them from Santa Clara to Havana. Had we gone this week, they could have flown a regularly scheduled airline into Miami.
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