As we meandered around Havana, these are a few of the things we saw. A few mornings we walked the Malecon, from Vedado, where we were staying. to Old Havana. We’d always see people sweeping the streets and cleaning up in front of their buildings. We were impressed by many of the metal gates, fences and window grills we saw. One of the things that struck us right away was the...

After being on a schedule for more than a week, we had welcomed a free day to do whatever we wanted in a leisurely way. The good thing about being on a schedule is that we got things done. The bad thing is that once we get off the schedule we became so lax about time, we almost got nothing done. Today was no different. We slept late, hung around...