Holguin, Cuba

What a great week we had! Arrived in Cuba on Saturday March 18th and saw nothing but blue skies till we left the following Saturday. The Brisas is on Guardalavaca beach, about an hours drive from the airport. The service was amazing, and the food was pretty good too.

Pics of the resort grounds and pool.





















This little fella and his buddies could be heard all over the resort every night. Sounded like a bunch of car alarms going off!



Towel art by our housekeeper Miss Garcia.





The city of Holguin (population about 300,000).







The Hill of the Cross. Luigi chose to climb the 458 stairs to reach the top of this holy site where a few hundred years ago a man carried a cross and prayed for an end to the drought. It rained the next day and ever since people have been making their way to the cross to pray. If your prayer is answered you are to go back and leave a gift. Thankfully we did not see any dead chickens (which is a common “gift”) but there were candles and coins.

Before



After



View at the top.





Part of our tour to Holguin included lunch at a farm style open-air restaurant. The was a nice breeze and beautiful views.





While we were at the resort we discovered that Cuba is in fact where Santa spends his off-season! He was trying to have a low-key vacation so I had to sneak a picture of him when he wasn't looking.



Happy and relaxed after a week in the sun.

Happy Anniversary to Me!

Three years ago today Luigi and I were married. It was a beautiful sunny day then just like today. Unfortunately my husband is at a conference in California this week so I celebrated by having lunch with my sister. Don't feel too sorry for me, we are off to Holguin, Cuba on Saturday for an all-inclusive week on the beach!

I did receive a beautiful bouquet of flowers this morning though. Quite out of character for Luigi! They are beautiful and smell great too.





Happy "University" Pie - see you Friday!

Progress

Progress is defined as:

1. Movement, as toward a goal; advance.
2. Development or growth.
3. Steady improvement, as of a society or civilization.

As per definition #2 above, the condo that we bought as an investment is finally showing some progress. In March of 2005 when we signed on the dotted line and agreed, in good faith to hand over post dated cheques for the rest of the year, May 2007 (occupancy date) seemed so far away. Once the equipment arrived at the site, things started happening almost immediately. Today was relatively warm and sunny so Luigi and I took a walk with the camera to capture our investment in progress.




Another possible sign of progress:



Could it be that Luigi, as per definition #1 & #3, is also progressing? We got a small taste of parenting an infant Saturday. Brennan hung out with us while his parents took his big sister to the circus. I have to say that if we knew we could have a kid that slept as good as the Fraser babies, progress may happen a little faster :)