Today was a very light day again. We are lucky to be down here for more than the usual week. The last three days have been very low energy and activity, and this would have been more than frustrating if our time had been short.
After a light breakfast, and some Imodium, Richard and I went down to the Parque José Martí, the real centre of the town itself. This is a neo-classical central square with a statue if José Martí in the
centre and several important public buildings around the periphery. This includes the wonderful Teatro Tomas Terry, that I had seen two years ago.
We went and I visited it again, and may go back for a concert night. We also visited the Hotel La Union, and walked around the other buildings, including the Provincial Government house, the Garden, and a few art galleries. One of these had pictures of Fidel superimposed on the image for American Idol, and another with Fidel's image on an iPod with the "song" playing being "por la Revolución". Interesting.
But after this light exercise, walking perhaps seven blocks, we were tired, and came back to the casa for a rest. I fell asleep, woke to a pleasant breeze from the east, and sat with Richard and talked with Amed about a number of things related to the country, like the availability of the internet, the costs of schooling, access to world press, and so on. It was very interesting.
Supper and reading, along with watching a baseball game on TV, rounded out our under-active day.
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