Today we visited the cities of Caibarien of Remedios.
In Caibarien we saw an old print shop and were able to exchange money. You CAN exchange USD but the exchange rate is fairly bad. I had CAD and still lost about $13 on the transaction. USD in the same amount lost around $25
Looked in a few of the stores but items like bottled water were hard to find. We found a store with 6 bottles and bought 2 of them. They also had a lot of ‘pizzerias’ which looked liked a tortilla with tomato sauce and then toppings. So more like an open calzone, definitely nothing like American pizza. Or Italian pizza.
We also visited an artist’s house: Madeline Perez
In Remedios, the main features of the town square are colonial architecture and cobbled streets. Visited the cathedral that the town was built around. It was the eighth of the original 8 cathedrals the Spanish built on the island. Everything we’ve seen so far is very poor looking. The buildings aren’t kept up and the roads are horrible.
Parade
We got back to our hotel around 2, ate lunch and tried to go to the beach but it had become overcast and raining so instead we walked around the resort.
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