Havana continued

In the mornings we had breakfast on the patio.  Rooms are 35 CUC per night, plus 5 CUC for a hearty breakfast.

We walked a few blocks to Casa del Son for our lessons.  I’m with Ahmed, and two of the others and their instructors, all in the same room.  So fun, the instructors are all great, very well trained.  I had to make several adjustments to my LA salsa style.  After that we went back to the casa to regroup, went for a nice outdoor lunch, and stopped in the Revolution Museum and Granma memorial (the Granma was the yacht that was used by Fidel Castro to transport 82 fighters of the Cuban Revolution from Mexico to Cuba in 1956 to overthrow the regime of  Batista).

We returned to the casa along the Prado.

We are definitely seeing the very nicest parts of Havana and Cuba.

After dinner on a terrace with a salsa band playing, we got an old car taxi to drive along the Malecon to 1830 Club, a well known outdoor salsa venue, in the Miramar area of town.

We returned from there in another old taxi, not nearly as well maintained, with no springs in the seats and open windows to try to spare us from the gas fumes.

On return to the casa, I was excited to discover that I had running water in my room!