Cuba #7 entry-waterfront

We are traveling around Havana and are on our way to the waterfront. 

Here we have the Jesus Christ Statue that is blessing the city from the other side of the bay, much like the well known statue of the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

The Plaza de San Francisco de Asis 1628. This square was started to help supply water to the ships trading.  The goods were brought here and traded.  This is also known for the place where the Spanish immigrants arrived to Cuba.

This the only time that I saw anyone dressed in an island dress. I really expected to see more of this but what I saw was the same clothes that we all wear " active wear" !

Mozart statue off on the side street.

Touching his hand is suppose to bring you good luck.

The statue behind the front one is a person made up. They look so much alike.  A little girl came up to him and he put his hand out.  She was so surprised...

The ladies resting.

The group found a little shop to do some shopping.

The picture to the left is the hotel where Hemmingway stayed and worked. We went upstairs but didn't go into his room.
 His villa where he lived till 1960 when he moved back to the US has been unchanged. The house and the belongings have been left to the Cubans and you can not go into the house but you can look into it. In 2006 11,000 of his works were sent to the JFK library for digitalization.

Moving down the street. Never sure who is real and who is not!

           A view of the ships that were in the harbor. I didn't expect to see cruise ships here

 especially so  many.

This is a picture of the Morro Castle of the Three Kings of Morro. The Spanish raised this fort between 1589 and 1630 to protect the harbor. In 1762 when the British invaded the city this castle defended to every last man.  In 1845 the lighthouse was built. 

This picture makes my husband just shake his head.  There isn't a place that I travel to that I don't take a picture of the ambulances.  Just my thing.....

Health care is paid 100% by the government. There is also 1 Doctor for every 133 people and he will have his office within the block for each neighborhood.

I took this picture of the light because it is different from anything we do.  The number on the light counts down the seconds until the light changes to the next color. So if it is in red numbers, that light will be red, green goes with green and amber with amber. You always know how long you have....once you figure it out 

On the way home our bus driver took us through a neighborhood that had used its energy and time to do mosaic on the walls. It was beautiful but I wish we could have seen it in the daylight.  It was spectacular.
What will our adventure be tonight in the hotel...one never knows.
Ciao:0