Since we took a taxi to Santa Clara rather than taking the bus we got there much earlier and had a full day to wander around, see a few sights and do some last minute shopping for coffee. We stayed at a casa called Authentica Pérgola and it was the most beautiful of all the casas we stayed in.
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| The exterior of Authentica Pérgola |
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| Inside the front entrance |
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| The living room common space |
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| The chairs outside our room in the courtyard |
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| On the rooftop terrace |
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| The view, with a faint rainbow, over the city from the terrace |
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| Inside our room - the doorway to the bathroom - feeling short? |
People in Cuba are very inventive and use many different ways to transport goods. Here are of few of the unique conveyances we saw in Santa Clara.
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| The passenger was holding an ornately decorated cake in each hand |
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| Eggs being delivered to the bakery where the previous person bought the cakes |
Cuban cities have a lot of public art - on walls and in the form of sculpture.
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| This was in a small park a couple of blocks from our casa |
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| This is on one of the main pedestrian shopping streets called the Boulevard |
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| A relic from before the Revolution, this sign was made of tile, many of which had bas relief. The artist and ceramicist's name are on the mural in the upper right corner |
The humour of the Cuban people always made us laugh with them. As we walked past photographing the architecture, this fellow selling things in his doorway said in Spanish something like "Am I too ugly to take my picture?" We laughed with him and then said we would love to take a picture with him! He thanked us and wished us a good day.
Adios Cuba, Hasta pronto!
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