This is what it once looked like. |
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The museum is in a former mansion. |
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Heroes of the Revolution. Che Guevara on the right. |
A Russian tank in front of the museum. |
Jose Marti, Apostle of Cuban Independence. |
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Cuba celebrates the 500th anniversary of discovery in 2019. |
Street scene; Barcadi Tower in background. |
The European Union Embassy. There was a long line. |
The Barcadi (as in rum) Tower. |
This BBQ chicken and rice cost $14 US. |
This is ropa vieja, "old clothes," shredded pork |
One of the home-style restaurants we visited. |
Anti-racist sign in a restaurant. Amen! |
Street vendors sell fruits, vegetables, and garlic |
I did try a few mojitos and daquaris but no Cuba Libres as there is no Coca Cola in Cuba. |
Music everywhere. These two were in a park |
A parade on stilts, with music, of course. |
Everyone is out at night, enjoying music and the breezes. |
Many of the buildings are lit by LEDs at night. |
School children heading home. |
This dog displays his sterlization card. |
We did get away to the beach one day. The water was beautiful and the cool air was appreciated. |
We took a bus to the beach. I wanted to show the good roads Cuba has. It is probably because they have fewer cars. |
I
saved the best for
last: the magnificent automobiles of the 50s. I could
identify
most of them and I remembered how I used to dream of owning
one.
It was dreamland for me :)
Unfortunately,it rained the afternoon I planned to ride around in one. |
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A '56 Buick |
A pink Cadillac
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The '58 Chevrolet
Impala - my all time dream car.
There is nothing to compare with it today. |
This is a '56 Ford
convertible. I had this one in blue when I was
at the university. Oh the memories!!! |
How about a red Cadillac convertible ??? |
Or a Chrysler Imperial convertible. This model had a turntable which moved at 16 2/3 rpm. Only a few records were available. |
This is the view below our hotel room every morning. |
This one is before my time still very cool. |