The streets of Cuba, MO…
The Cardinals fan from St. James and his uncle from Rolla were photographing the murals.
While out for an exercise session, I noticed a lot of activity in the Uptown Historic section of Cuba, so I did what I call annoying the tourists by stopping to see if they have a mural brochure and asking them where they are from. If I have a camera tucked in my pocket as I did today, I ask if I can take their photo for the blog or our Facebook page.
The visitors above had been walking around Cuba with a tripod setting up shots of the murals. The nephew from St. James was showing his uncle from Rolla how to use some of the equipment and take photos. They were using a mural brochure to get around and had already talked to Viva Cuba member Peggy Holland and her husband Ken. I talked to them for awhile and used their camera to take their picture so that they would have a photo of themselves.
The next young man below was a Japanese tourist traveling alone. He had come to New York and then gone to Chicago to rent a motorcycle and was traveling Route 66 to Santa Monica. He was photographing the Truman mural when I saw him and gave him a brochure, which I had gotten at Hayes Shoe Store as I passed by there.
This Japanese tourist had just finished photographing the Harry Truman Mural. He was traveling Route 66.
The next two gentleman were also Japanese tourists on motorcycles who had started their Route 66 tour in California. They were at the Apple/Barrels mural, and I used each of their cameras to take their photo and took one of my own. I gave them a brochure, and they were headed to the Civil War murals. They didn’t speak much English, and I didn’t speak Japanese, so it was sayronara for us, but it was a friendly encounter.
These Japanese tourists were photographing the Apple Mural.
The next group intercepted me by the History Museum and asked if I would take their photo using their cameras. They were four friends from Union, Missouri who had gone to high school together 40 years ago. They were on a road trip to Cuba and had toured the murals and were getting ready to visit the History Museum. They were having a good time and after some photos, I invited them back to Cuba for Cuba Fest, and they went in to the museum.
These old high school friends from Union, MO were having a field trip to Cuba.
I finished my run back to Java.net to get my car and thought what an interesting town we live in, that a morning exercise session can result in such diverse experiences.
Sayronara…
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