room with a view...santiago de cuba...2011

ringing the melia santiago hotel
were the sierra maestra mountains

room with a view...trinidad de cuba...2009

waking up in the morning
in the trinidad iberostar hotel
with a view of the church in the plaza

Boat Trip

We had lunch at the El Cayo Restaurant in the Santiago harbor. You had to get there by catamaran.

El Cayo Restaurant

a ride around el Morro on the way back

Callejon de Hamel

An interesting art find in Havana was the Callejon Hamel where devotees of the Santería religion gathered and showed off their artwork. We spen some time there and I bought an eye symbol of Obatálá, one of the major orishas of santería.

Danza Contemporánea de Cuba

The aging dancer and two dancers from the esteemed Danza Contemporánea de Cuba which had toured the United States and performed in May in Boston. They allowed me to have my picture taken with two of the leading dancers. It was fifty years ago that I soloed with the Truda Kaschmann Modern Dance Group at the Bushnell Memorial with the Hartford Symphony under the direction of Fritz Mahler.

blognote: Thanks to Diane and Kathleen for the pictures

Dance Cuba...

ProDanza is Laura Alonso's school and company in Havana. She is the daughter of Alicia Alonso, the famous ballerina. This dancer had just finished rehearsing and let me take her picture.

In Santiago de Cuba we visited the Folkloric Ensemble de Oriente. This was also at the Heredia Theater but in a different studio on the seventh floor [and the elevator was out of operation].

Mission Donation in Havana

Donated Materials and Medications

Elderly Housing Complex

Vibora, Havana, Cuba

Sisters of St Vincent de Paul