The saga of the watch is over.

Well the saga of the watch has ended. After all this time it could not be repaired. Just too old. The end. But yesterday my watch quit working so we had to go over there to get a new battery put in. So now it is working again. So these pictures are from that trip across town. 

A fresh fruit vendor walking down the sidewalk. 

A couple of new Carnival statues on the Malecon. Called Mechanical Grasshopper.

Just a different view of it. 

I've posted him before, but first time I caught the name.  I guess some things just can't be translated. In English  - Fantastic Biolocomoiora.

Another new one. And another strange translation  Desire in the Firmament.  Firmament = the heavens or the sky when regarded as a tangible thing. 

Okay. So here is just a colorful old building. 

A group of flowers on one of the trees in Centro. Beautiful. 

I've always liked this old house. Now there are a few shops on the first floor. One is an Italian ice cream shop. Nope didn't stop there.

You see the strangest things in the strangest places. 

Here we are at the watchmaker and he is fixing my watch. He told Bill to come back today as he might have found a movement that would work. 

We had to park in a parking lot cause this car was where Bill usually pulls up to run into the watchmaker's shop.

The street that was torn up is now fixed. 

We walked around a little bit. The big gazebo in the main Plaza by the cathedral. 

Looking inside it. It at one time was a restaurant. Looks  like it is being cleaned up. Maybe will be a restaurant again. 

The Cathedral across the street. 

Man getting his shoes shined. 

Different look at the church. 

The bell ringer. It was 11:30 and he was actually pulling the bell rope. 

Job done. 

A pretty blooming tree on the grounds of the church. 

Some things for sale across the street. 

Resting under one of the trees. 

Ice cream for sale under the blue umbrella. 

This is not something I expected to see. A street vendor selling clothes for dogs. 

Park where ever you can and get your car washed while you shop. 

Starting to crack down on cars parked where there are No Parking signs along the narrow streets in Centro.

Here is another one. Car has ticket under windshield wiper.

Just up the block a store that rents beautiful evening/event ware. Sorry for the reflection, but you can get an idea of how pretty this is. 

They rent men's suits also. 

Another dress in the window on the side. 

The older buildings are so much prettier than the new ones. They have personality. 

Water waiting for a car to be washed. 

Interesting. Guess you can buy any thing here. 

And then we got back to the car. Even the buildings that are falling apart are pretty in their own way. This is the parking lot wall. 

Today we went to Centro for the last time this trip. We leave tomorrow morning. But don't worry I have pictures from today. And a tail about our police encounters. 

More Carnival statues

 A couple of mornings ago I looked out the window in time to get out and catch the sunrise. Also the moon set. Looking north west lots of dark sky.

But looking south east a beautiful sunrise. 

Later on we had some errands to do so headed towards Centro. This is one of those time in a car you wonder should you speed up to get past it or stop so not to go under it. At first glance it was just hanging there in the air above the street. 

Guess it was headed way up to the top. Every one kind of slowed down then stepped on it to get past it. Looked some big steel piece of something. 

Out on the Malecon we passed another Carnival statue. He came up on us quick and I almost missed it. According to Google translate it means "aerostatic fish." An aerostatic is a lighter than air aircraft. Okay.

We were stopped for the light so took a better picture of the grasshopper faced train. 

Didn't catch what he is called. But to refresh memory, this is how the rest of him looks. 

Sweeping the bicycle path. 

There is now some decoration in the Plazuela Machado. Interesting. 

We parked in lot across the street and I just had to walk back and get more pictures of this one. "Mind Machine" They all also have scanning codes that I guess explain more about them. 

A dancer and gear in her brain. 

From there we walked to the watchmaker. The road is still tore up. Never noticed this eye in the graffiti before. 

The work in the street. It is a one way street so no way to drive down it. Watch still is not ready!  Monday....Hope so as we are leaving in less than two weeks.

Continued walking as I wanted to go to the big fabric store across from the Central Market. The sidewalk next to the Cathedral. I hope they never take the tiles out, or if they do that they replace them with the same type.  

Some vendors across the street. Nice little chairs.

No fabric that I wanted. So on the our favorite bakery. Just one block away. Smells so good in there.

Lot more people working there now and a couple more ovens that I could see. Got some croissants and cinnamon rolls. The cinnamon rolls are smaller than previous years and the price has gone up. Sign of the times I guess. But still the best tasting. 

I wonder how he knew what wire he was supposed to be taking care of. Ladder didn't look to steady either. 

Back in the car. A vendor heading towards the main plaza. 

Passing the Cathedral. Either a wedding or a fifteenth birthday mass. 

He did a lot of grocery shopping.

I've posted several pictures of the two LARGE crosswalk topes right in the center of town. Well the other night at 10:30 a car from out of town didn't slow down for them. He ended up taking half of the gate off the entrance to this restaurant. Guess he caught a lot of air. At night if there wasn't a lot of traffic to see slow down they would not be easy to see until too late. Especially if you were from out of town. 

And then we were home. Always something to see when out and about.