The next morning, we had a great breakfast at the hotel. The best part was all the fresh fruit. Papaya, mango, banana, pineapple, mmmmmm! After breakfast, everyone got their suitcases and we went for a walk to the church again.
As I mentioned, the church was beautiful inside. It used to be a circus back in the 1800s. There's a passageway around the whole building big enough for elephants to walk through. This is the sanctuary:
We went up to a large hall on the second floor and began unpacking the suitcases. It was exciting to see the Cuban workers' reaction to all the stuff being laid out on the floor. We took a photo of all of them with the stuff:
After we got done unloading everything, we were served lunch. It was really amazing that these people, who are rationed a certain amount of food by the government, were willing to share their food with us. We even had dessert, a little tart made with fresh coconut. Some of the ladies in our group got the recipe for it, it was so good! Lunch was followed by very hot, sweet coffee, served in a shot glass! I had a couple of shots.
We left the church and went for a walk around Havana. We saw many colonial-era buildings. We also passed the hotel when Ernest Hemingway lived when he was in Havana. There was one guy in our group, Harold, who bore a frightening resemblance to Hemingway. Everyone had to take his picture in front of the hotel!
We walked to a location where there was a giant flea market. Unfortunately, it wasn't there on the day of the week we were! So we went to an indoor market in a gorgeous old colonial-era home. I bought some maracas for the boys.
Well, I have a lot more pictures to share and Blogger won't let me at the moment, so I'll add more later!
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