Day 9
Kris' birthday in Havana, Cuba! Awesome day tours and a night at the Tropicana!
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Second floor
The view from the second floor overlooking the neighborhood.
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Mermaid!
You can also see the eyes in the building behind her.
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Third floor
Flower lady!
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So much tile!
You can see how big it is from the thrid floor and there's still more behind us and low along the street beyond that can't be seen…
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So much work!
I can't imagine tiling so much stuff! I tried to mosaic tile a bird bath one time and it was too much work for me!
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Details
Nothing was just tiles with just one color or plain. Just about everything deserved a close look because it had a design.
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Fusterlandia selfie!
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The shops
This is the street outside of Fusterlandia proper. You can see the facades are tiled all the way down the street.
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On the street
We took some pictures of some of the cooler tile mosaics on the street as we were shopping and walking to the bus.
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Princess Diana
A tribute to Princess Diana. A fence and gate with a white dove above. You can see the front of the house is covered with mosaics.
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Seating area
The other side of the street had more shops and you could sit down and have something to drink.
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Cool!
I liked this one with the random eyeballs and hands. The shop's entrance is under the big eyeball.
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Cool cars
The cars were everywhere! They told us on the ship they charged to take pictures of the cars but, no one asked us for money.
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On the way out
A couple of Cuba propaganda tile mosaics.
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Granma mosaic
Castro and the revolutionaries on the Granma. This one is my favorite propaganda. They look like they're going on vacation with th…
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Dogs!
We'd been driving around town for about 4 hours by now and we had only seen one dog. Someone on the bus even asked our guide how c…
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Sidecar!
You dont see many motorcycles with sidecars. I thought it was cool!
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Cuban International Circus Festival
The cirus festival, Circuba 2018, is going to be held here in June 2018!
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Viva Fidel!
We couldn't go far without another political sign.
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USS Maine monument