Stayed over year end 2015/2016 in Santiado de Cuba for Salsa dancing classes
Christmas Day Party location on the beach
Dancing at the Christmas Day Party
Private classes with Laima in the afternoons
Susana, my dance teacher for the 1. hour (Son) and the 2. hour (Merengue, ChaChaCha, Kizomba, Pilon, etc.) in the mornings
Evening out with the dancers, here Liz Karla, who is super energetic
View from the breakfast/dinner table in my homestay
The famous Moncada barracs where the first attempt to the revolution started
Revolution square
El Morro fortress guarding the entry to huge natural harbor
Padre Pico steps
Parque Céspedes with the Catedral de Asución. There were concerts almost every evening in the Céspedes Square.
House of Diego Velazquez on Céspedes Square, Latin Americas oldest house
The newly established pedestrian area Ramenadas at the Calle José Antonio Saco. It is very long gong from Plaza de Marte all the way to the harbor
view onto parts of Plaza de Marte.There were concerts almost every evening also in this Square, as in many otherlocations in the citry center
View from the Velazquez Balcony to the harbor
Parque Alemeda early in the morning (I did every morning long runs or walks through the city)
the famous Coppelia La Arboleda ice cream parlor
The Plaza Dolores near my homestay where I usually sat in the mornings after my runs to drip off
Excursion to El Cobre, the famous pilgrimage location where the current and the last two popes traveled to
View to El Cobre from a nearby hill
Excursion to El gran piedra, a huge monotlith on a 1,224m high hill
Excursion to Siboney beach