😉📸Every now and then I like to break the routine. Today, for example, I'm sitting in a park writing this post, which I still have no idea in which community it will be published.
Look at me here... This is a park I found near the Plaza de la Revolución in Vedado, Havana. Cuba.
And that's the spot I chose to sit.
It feels good here. There is a refreshing breeze and a few rays of sunshine at times. I watch people pass by, think and write. There are only two or three benches occupied by some people who like me must be taking a break.
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I just laughed because a woman passed by on the phone and said this: Tell me my love, I?...
Pardon the word, but she said in Spanish "jodida pero contenta" (fucked but happy).
That's how it is here, you hear a lot of things, birds singing, cars passing by, an occasional horn honking in the distance, it seems like they shouldn't be honking in this area, and people passing by on the pavement talking about everything human and divine.
By the way, there is a song by Concha Buika that goes like this, jodida pero contenta.
This is not my case, of course, I am happy. How can I not be when I'm taking a break in a park and I'm participating in a Bicycle Festival as a volunteer, taking some photos.
It's fun and I meet some people like Larry "aka" Lorenzo. He is from Maryland, and we have been chatting. I've been practising my English a bit.
If it's a really cool bike, it folds up like a piece of paper. He brought it with him to get around here in Havana. As you can see Lorenzo is a big cycling enthusiast. I don't know why I didn't go with him to Old Havana, if the activity I wanted to photograph was cancelled? He told me he was going to the Museo Bellas Artes and the Hotel Raquel to see some murals. I couldn't tell him if that hotel was open or closed, but in his travel guide it said it was permanently closed.
I hope to meet him in a few hours, because I think he will be going to the scheduled activity at the Bosque de La Habana. There I will find out how his trip went.
I was talking about parks, right? You know I ramble a bit all the time.
Our conversation took place in this park dedicated to the Asturian people.
It is located in the municipality of Cerro and is also known as Parque de La Pera. It has lots of trees, beautifully painted and preserved benches, and even a children's play area with slides and swings. I didn't want to be giving the note hahaha.... Because I'm quite old now and I don't think I'm allowed to use those things.
It really cheers me up when I see beautiful things. It not only cheers me up, it inspires me. Maybe that's why I ended up in a park today writing this post.
A very nice thing happened to me when I approached the park's inscription. A pigeon perched there to look at me. It was so close. It was not afraid of me. Was it an angel? I say there is always one by my side.
In honour of the Asturian people and on the occasion of the visit to the Republic of Cuba of Mr. Juan Luis Rodríguez - Vigil Rubio, President of the Principality of Asturias, this place is called Plaza Principado de Asturias.
And that happened in 1991 🙂 If I am seeing the photo correctly, because I am in a park and I am not very good at writing a post with my mobile phone. 😂
By the way, the Bicycle Festival takes place in Estudio 50, that building you see there and which I'm sure I'll tell you about in a future post. Zoom in to see the paintings on the walls. There are many and very interesting ones.
I really like this photo that I took yesterday with my mobile phone for my ride that I uploaded to Strava. It's from inside Estudio 50.
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😁 two more pictures and that's it...
Yesterday I also met 
Well... Yes, I was talking about parks. We are still in the "Parque de la Pera". In English it's Pear Park. 😀
A ceiba, a mythical tree that is rarely missing in our parks. Palms, which are very beautiful and slender. Warm sunshine to warm the bones after a cold morning... Blue sky. A wonder, really this place and my mood too. There was a seller of chillies and other vegetables. I have my bananas in my backpack, bread, peanuts and a granola with chocolate that my friend Amanda Flores gave me.
I think it's time for me to head over to Studio 50. They have a bar there with this cool sign and I'm really in the mood for a Belgian beer. I tried it yesterday. It tastes like lemon. I wonder if 
I'll keep telling you about this adventure...but I don't want to keep making you dizzy today. ☺️
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