I didn't take any pictures even though I went for a bike ride. I can say that for the first time in my life I enjoyed a bike ride on a winter day, the second coldest we have ever had in Havana, and I didn't take any pictures. But someone took pictures of me when I passed by her house... who could it be? 馃馃榿
As I don't have this resource (pictures) for this post, I have to improvise.
I photographed this place the day before yesterday but it looked exactly the same... yesterday. 馃槃
Some things don't change too much. I'm sure this scenario was almost the same as well, but with different people. It is about the long line to enter the bank. I mentioned it in my previous post.
Yesterday I went through those places but faster, by bike. Some things change, indeed, and of course, I cycled much further.
My mind instead pulls me towards those that do not. But there are some things that cannot be forced, especially because, although it may not seem so, everything changes in its details and forms. That is what life is: constant change.
馃槒 I've already started to complicate this, I know. Hold on.
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The way I prepare my morning coffee, for example... 馃槣 does not vary much. It is almost always the same.
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But even so, there are small details that do change. 馃
I have today three types of coffee at home. This is a novelty. Nop... it's not a small detail that changed... I would say that this 2025 is noticeably abundant in terms of coffee issues.
Let's take a look at this Italian coffee I bought in our neighbourhood shop for 1600 CUP (4.77 USD).
I think my mind is being defeated because there are major changes here!
Another gift from Amanda Flores 馃槄
A Cuban coffee from Pinar del Rio that I got from a friend that day after the super long line at the bank. What a joy! 馃槃 We met there at that mission and then she and her husband came to my house and here we shared some time, catching up, you know, having a good time with lots of laughter.
Hola coffee, dark roast. Ground.
And this is the third packet of coffee I have yet to mention. Let's not talk about its quality... Sometimes, when we don't have any, even this one tastes good. It is the coffee that Cubans receive as part of the basic family basket and it is relatively cheap.
I'm not sure where I will publish this post. But the scales are swinging towards coffee, aren't they? 馃槅 OMG, I have to redo it all... I just wanted to tell a bit about my day yesterday and I'm already talking about coffee. But you can't deny that coffee is good fuel for lazy people and cyclists.
Now I'm making you a bit more dizzy (look over here). 馃ぃ
I mean, getting you dizzy, yes, of course, from the beginning; but not taking pictures all day, that wasn't part of the plan. I had my camera in my backpack because I was going to spend some time in a nice garden. How could I not take pictures of flowers and butterflies? Well, I was told that there were no more butterflies where there are supposed to be many. Someone told me that maybe I would see some fluttering around outside... I don't know... I didn't believe this idea, because I haven't seen butterflies in my backyard in these cold days. Ok, I was fine with that, I would then see the water lilies in bloom and many more pretty plants. I would breathe fresh air and beauty. I would be alone with me and my bike... or so I thought, because when I arrived at the garden and went to pay the entrance fee, I was told that I could not enter the garden with my bike.
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Why couldn't I go to the garden with my bike, who would have thought of that? That's why sometimes I get tired of everything here in this f... country. So many absurd obstacles to make people feel bad.... It's a garden, for God's sake!
The guy at the gate told me to park it out there. But that man is crazy or what!
And sometimes I tell you that I'm nicer and I talk and I convince... but this took away my desire to take photos.
When things are so absurd, I just turn my back and leave.
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Life is not so bad after all. I have coffee, bike, energy, friends and also you accompanied me so far, albeit dizzy, and perhaps wondering what I meant by all this.
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