Cuba Recap Day 1

For our official first full day in Havana Cuba, we went off and visited the Escuela de Taller to learn about the current reconstruction project that is underway in Old Havana, also known as Havana Vieja. Then, we walked towards the Plaza de San Francisco where we walked around on cobbled streets, had a cup of coffee, and took some photographs of the 18^th century buildings and the school children that were playing in a portion of the plaza. After that, we visited the Rafael Trejo Boxing Gym where we watched some of the local Cuban boxers practice. While my group and I were at the boxing gym, we learned that one of the Cuban boxers was a silver medalist from the Beijing Olympics in 2008. It was really cool to see how the Cubans practice considering they don’t have intense work out equipment, and how far they come from such a tiny training facility. We had lunch at La Bodeguita del Medio, most famous of Hemingway’s haunts. My school group and I visited the Taller de Graficia Experimental, Havana’s printmaking studio, school, and art institution. To end the afternoon, we were able to roam a more plazas, and have some tropical drinks!