Saturday, December 25, 2021

2021 Holiday Card Fail

December 25, 2021
Oakland, CA

This year's holiday card theme was supposed to be all about how the supply chain will ruin Christmas... without our intervention. 

We hunted for our location the week before, and found a nice spot in Alameda right across from the Oakland Port. Pretty background, with the mile high stacks of containers and cranes and ships making for a good background. 

On photo day, we donned our safety vests and set to carry packages to/from the port, only to find our location was gated off! We drove around to find a new location, but everywhere we went were barbed-wire fences or long distances between us and our freighter backgrounds. There were a few other ideas kicked around, but we were getting short on patience and abandoned the project. Someone else will have to save Christmas this year.

Saturday, December 29, 2018

Hasta Luego, Cuba!

December 29, 2018
Havana, Cuba

Time to head home, after a quick haircut

Just another random goat leg in the street on the way to the peluqueria...nothing to see here folks, just keep moving along.
Well, the week went by quickly, no doubt due to our busy days on the tour. This morning we'll have just enough time for breakfast, packing, and a final quick lunch-snack before retracing our flight via another tight connection in San Salvador to SFO. 

Breakfast was on the top floor of our hotel, the Hotel Capri, which had some really nice views of Havana in all directions. It was a perfect day, sunny with temperatures in the low 80's, and easily the nicest-weather day we spent in Havana, which made leaving just a little bit harder.

Friday, December 28, 2018

Back to Havana - Tour Day 6

December 28, 2018
Havana, Cuba

Tour Day 6 – Touring Trinidad, a day of driving, and a final night out in Havana

Trinidad, Cuba
Now that we've been in Trinidad for two nights, we finally are actually going to tour the city today. The morning started by checking out of our rooms, loading onto the bus, and heading outside of the touristy town center to a more residential-feeling section to visit a "centuries old" family-run pottery studio.