Sulla strada per trovare la strada attraverso la valle alla città mi ero imbattuto in due ristoranti di piccole dimensioni, in one they told me that they had very good food for vegetarians and served rice and vegetables and wine. I tried to walk there at night, down a path by the hotel but after five minutes in pitch darkness with neither light nor light pollution the silence of the woods suddenly began to spook me. They had asked me if I was definitely coming and I told them I didnt know, in the darkness on the deserted path I realised I probably would have been there only guest as the night time seemed a time to dine in the hotel after all.
Torna alla reception dopo la mia breve passeggiata nel bosco mi dispiaceva per due escursionisti tedeschi che arrivano a piedi dopo il buio era sceso e ci hanno detto che l'albergo era pieno, as were all the others in the area. I hoped they had a torch and that they managed to catch someone with a casa to rent before everyone went to sleep.
La sera gli altri ospiti, Tedeschi e canadesi e un'infarinatura di inglese tutto è apparso all'improvviso, fresatura sul retro dalle loro escursioni e la maggior parte scomparve molto presto, not lingering too long in the bar either. After dinner I sat around the pool with my wine and read by lamplight and listened to the insects and got bitten.
Nei miei ultimi due giorni a Vinales fissai a rallentare e rendere il tempo di andare più lentamente, non fare tanto e non leggere tanto, ma semplicemente seduta, o oziare in piscina e guardare la bella valle. Questa osservazione e deliberata rallentamento del tempo è stato aiutato dagli uccelli neri rapaci volteggiano sopra le righe di cavalli piccoli wending la loro strada attraverso la valle e gli agricoltori, guida i loro buoi minuziosamente sotto.
La bellezza della rigogliosa smeraldo valle e le montagne si innalzano da strane a volte diventa uno sfondo per i personaggi che passano attraverso di essa. Avevo posizionato il mio lettino all'ombra sul bordo della piscina e sul bordo della collina da un punto in cui sapevo che inevitabilmente escursionisti allenatore sarebbe periodicamente vengono a scattare foto e di fumo e strillare.
Uno di loro, a young flaxen haired woman appeared in front of me. She was tall and strong and tanned, statuesque and strident in an ecru sundress. She strode to the step overlooking the valley with a mojito in her hand. Next came a young man with brown haired grown a half inch out of its crew cut. He sat down closely beside her on the step where she had sat and he promptly knocked over her mojito. It crashed and splintered on the concrete and she jumped up. She was facing me now with her back to the view cursing in her lilting hurdy gurdy tones all the beauty behind her forgotten.
Dopo aver preso qualche sorso del suo cocktail la donna si voltò verso di lui e subito si alzò e ricondurlo alla fase di sedersi accanto a lei, her tones now soothing. Soon she was standing and he was taking photos of her with the valley behind her and the drink in her hand. The colour of the liquid matched the colour of her dress and her hair shone in the sunlight. After the photographs were taken she walked inside and he twas left sipping the last of the mixture around the ice cubes. There only ever had been a drink for her.
In seguito ho visto la principessa al balletto a L'Avana che mi ricorda un fenomeno che avevo osservato in cui le persone che hanno fatto una sorta di impressione, anche se spesso non è effettivamente incontrato fare un aspetto più in un altro luogo, a Londra, anche se ha rilevato 4.000 miglia di distanza, prima di scomparire di nuovo per sempre.
What an intriguing little scene, so dramatic it must have seemed more like watching a movie. You had such an interesting time in Vinales. What made you choose to go there? Havana was such a complete contrast. People’s different reactions to the stray dogs were interesting. Continuavo a rimanere senza biscotti proprio mentre ne appariva un altro 🙂
It was a fascinating scene, their roles in the relationship were sharply defined!
When I was booking the flight to Havana most of the flights were full and I had trouble booking online. I called a Cuban agency and the guy there starting asking me what I was going to get up to in Cuba. I told him about the course but that I would be spending extra time there before it and he recommended Vinales. He tried to get me into another hotel that their agency sold but it was full. Once I had decided to go there I thought I would be disappointed and not get a room but I ended up booking the Hotel Los Jazmines elsewhere and I was very pleased with my choice. None of the other hotels had such a spectacular view. The hotel staff’s attitude towards the cats and dogs was very friendly and that was a pleasant surprise. It was wonderful to sandwich a place of such peace and quiet in between London and Havana.