Travel Monday - Havana

I love me some travel. Love love love. And so, I decided that as part of my little blog here, I would try to share some of my travels with you. And Monday mornings are so BLEH, I figured travel posts were perfect to escape to fun and exciting places!

This weekend was cold and wet, so today's Travel Monday is focussed on somewhere warm and sunny - Havana, Cuba. Now I know everyone and their mother goes to Cuba (well, at least every Canadian and their Canadian mothers), but I absolutely love this country.  D and I went 2 years ago as my first (and only so far) "beach" vacation. The beach in Veradero was amazing and laying in the sun all day was pretty much perfection. But being the restless ones we are, D and I decided to skip out on the resort-ness for two days and we hopped a bus (not a tour bus) to Havana where we walked around by ourselves for 2 days and stayed in the old part of the city for a night. I loved just wandering the streets, seeing the sights, and exploring places off the beaten path.  Havana is an amazingly beautiful and vibrant city. Cuban culture, food and music is so colourful and energetic and there's no better way to experience it than shunning the resort life for even just a couple of days in Havana.

Plaza de la Catedral

Malecón at sunset

Colourful Calles

Hotel Inglaterra, Paseo del Prado 

El Capitolio

Ministry of Internal Affairs

xo J.