{"id":6036,"date":"2022-12-21T17:16:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T17:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.pattrotter.com\/?p=6036"},"modified":"2024-01-16T17:32:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T17:32:43","slug":"havana-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pattrotter.com\/?p=6036","title":{"rendered":"Day in Havana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This last day in Havana started out with a walk through the streets of Old Havana looking for those special moments to capture the flavor of the city and its people.\u00a0 The night before a few of us walked the mile to the historic Hotel Nacional for a drink in their iconic bar and contemplated the stories the old hotel could tell, especially about the 1940\u2019s and 1950\u2019s.\u00a0 Lunch was in another great restaurant in the same part of the city before we headed off to a neighboring suburb which housed an enclave of Haitians who were going to perform some of their ritual dances for us. \u00a0Upon emerging from the vehicles we became witnesses to another world where we could experience a singular part of Cuban life tucked away along narrow unpaved alleys bordered by dilapidated houses.\u00a0 As always, we were welcomed with the generous warmth and grace of our Cuban hosts. The dancing and singing took place on a small covered\u00a0 area outside of the hut where their Voodoo altar was set up. It was indeed an honor to be able to experience a glimpse into this hidden culture. \u00a0\u00a0Our day wound up with a celebratory end of trip dinner after stopping at Carlos\u2019 house and reviewing photos submitted by the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"834\" data-id=\"6037\" src=\"https:\/\/stage.pattrotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/day-1024x834.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pattrotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/day-1024x834.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pattrotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/day-300x244.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.pattrotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/day-768x626.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.pattrotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/day-1536x1252.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pattrotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/day-2048x1669.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"6038\" src=\"https:\/\/stage.pattrotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dayCUB3711-scaled-1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pattrotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dayCUB3711-scaled-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pattrotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dayCUB3711-scaled-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.pattrotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dayCUB3711-scaled-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.pattrotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dayCUB3711-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pattrotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dayCUB3711-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"698\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"6039\" src=\"https:\/\/stage.pattrotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dayCUB3931-scaled-1-698x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pattrotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dayCUB3931-scaled-1-698x1024.jpeg 698w, https:\/\/www.pattrotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dayCUB3931-scaled-1-204x300.jpeg 204w, https:\/\/www.pattrotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dayCUB3931-scaled-1-768x1127.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.pattrotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dayCUB3931-scaled-1-1046x1536.jpeg 1046w, https:\/\/www.pattrotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dayCUB3931-scaled-1-1395x2048.jpeg 1395w, https:\/\/www.pattrotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dayCUB3931-scaled-1.jpeg 1744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A scene from Havana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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