People and Habana enjoyed and they are watching us. A cerveza and a coffee in first local bar, great atmosphere, Castillo de Farnés. A warm welcome and great fun with man and woman behind the bar. Salsa music, jump and dance, two funky women and the mood explodes. Pictures taken together and a heartfelt adoption.
Barbarossa is talking to Matthias an American from Los Angeles, married with a Cuban woman, he has a German passport and an american passport, speaks German, was previously married to a Mexican woman, from Baja California, marriage went wrong, the marriage with the first Cuban woman goes wrong too, she left and went to Italy with his daughter, lives now in Milano. Well, everything ends well, he has a farm and is happy together now with another Cuban woman, lives 30 minutes away from Habana, his zodiac sign is, Taurus.
It was great meeting him, the real people recognize the real in seconds and that is what it is all about.
Cubans, he says and describes them, huge creative potential, educated and intellectual. He is a photographer and writer. He says, many Cubans want to live somewhere else, it's too boring where you grew up, other Cubans want to remain in Cuba as they are so proud of the country and feel comfortable in the country.
Que es lo mas importante en la vida para ti?
Creativity
Bye, we move on. What happens next. Mega rain showers, streets flooded, watch and wait. We meet an old man and talk. His cash is gone due to the rain. Cerveza and coffee in a bar, then waterfront promenade Malecon, bar right in front of the sea, funky mood and funky people. Rum enjoyed. Alberto, Canadian-Cuban, travelagent hit, lives in Canada and has got a beetle, built 1960, beetle, photo shooting, we talk and keep talking and everybody has time and takes his time, make friends in shortest time and be not irritated to be accosted by new friends.
Malecon Waterfront, musicians come towards us and sing, very funky and a warm hello, 3 people and we in the best mood.
Que es lo mas importante en la vida para ti?
Music, love, good heart, vitality and no bad thoughts
Back to the hotel and the day went well. Info girl, cigars bought and smoked together, we laugh a lot, she gives us tips for Habana, very welcome. At night on balcony waterfront views and Habana enjoyed with cigar and wine, Soroa vino rosado de mesa from San Cristobol. At night people sing songs along the waterfront.
Friday 16/5/2014
Coffee buffet, Internet, go, hit and miss with apartment search. One apartment is huge and great but not available. Neighbor apartment, his apartment visited, Spanish talk. Apartment in order but stuffy, man weird and it sits in the wrong area. Drink a cerveza not to get on your nerves at Harris Brothers. Touristinformation chat. Next apartment inspected, a fiasco. Owner, Aries, speaks German, Italian and Spanish, has lived in former East Germany, the atmosphere is good and a lof of fun, the entertainment is interesting. The apartment is too small, the road impractical ripped open.
Cars are to be repaired on the road, the city clean, no garbage in Habana. The search goes on for apartments, Plaza Vieja discovered, feels, great, super spectacular, super classy, glass of wine enjoyed at the Plaza, Venice style, wandered through the streets. Stop in bar Artistica, 18th-century manor, green courtyard, Pina Colada and Mojito, merry mood with the woman behind the bar. Back at the hotel, balcony enjoyed and cigar smoked.
Saturday 17/5/2014
Coffee at hotel and buffet, rum, new bar discovered close to tourist information. Bar Bosque Bologna. Bar tender was asked for the drink menu, carta bebidas. The first barman says there is one, the second bartender says their is no card, in the end there is one. Cocktails enjoyed with live music.
The search for an apartment goes on. Super apartment in Plaza Vieja found. Olivia and Carlos rent it out and we laughed a lot, good feeling, everything properly done and perfect, professionally organised, they have a souvenir shop. Afterwards a stroll at Plaza Vieja takes place and we mix amongst a lively bustle and the funky circus comes along. Dancing with old woman, song candela takes place. Bank, money exchanged, CUC and LB.
LB shop discovered. Stop at Bar Artistica, Pina Colada, Mojito sipped. Sunset at hotel, 13th floor.
Sunday 18/5/2014
Coffee and buffet at the hotel Deauville, waterfront promenade Malecon. Eggs, omelet, salad, cheese, croissants, toast, fruit, super. Explore the theme of the day, Habana on foot. Walk along the waterfront and strutt along. Water squirts out from the sea, spreads on the road, everything is wet and flooded, watch your step, do not slip. Walk past statues and status symbols, communism experienced, imperialism not met. Eastern mood in some streets, adjacent residential area with mango trees and palm trees. Feeling of the city absorbed. Cars are repaired at the roadside. Old cemetery visited, Necropolis de Colon, impressive entrance. Intermediate stop on bench at bus stop. Funky French Swiss, Anne hit, Scorpion, we spend hours talking about travelling and god and the world. She visited China, Russia, and quite a bit of the world, she travels on her own, speaks Spanish, French, German, Russian and Chinese out loud a lot. Enjoyed rum on bus stop bench. Man comes along and joins us. Conversation is about life and zodiac signs.Virgin smart, Lion love, Scorpion extreme. Anne says to Barbarossa and Principessa, you are extreme and at home anywhere in the world.
Que es lo mas importante en la vida para ti?
live today in the now, you don't know what happens tomorrow and lots of money is required to live a good life
Farewell, fuerte y suerte. He's laughing. Plaza de la Revolucion is next, Che and Fidel visited and Memorial and police around feels like communism. Good weather. Search for streets, how to get back to the hotel. There are no street names. Orientation is needed, to get out of the district and back on track. Stopover in bar. Find the right street direction towards the waterfront. A break on a park bench with rum. Man comes by and says, the Park area is not save for comfortably rum drinking in public. Some people may think that you're too rich. Fun Entertainment first in Spanish, then English and Italian. Finally reached the shore and the promenade. Great bar discovered directly by the sea, Pina Colada, and Mojito coctail. Live music, fun with musicians, danced to song los gardenios para ti. Good mood with bartender, Scorpion.
Que es lo mas importante