Hola Cuba!!

A week after Kai's first birthday we went to Cuba for a relaxing holiday. Since Jitse would be leaving for Holland soon after, we figured it would be a nice opportunity to enjoy some time together.

The trip was huge succes!! Except from standing in line for check-in at the airport in Montreal, Kai loved every minute of it. In order to be in time to catch the plane we had to leave Ottawa at 1 am, Jitse and I were tired, but Kai did not seem to mind the early rising one bit and was happily babbling in his carseat. He caught up on some sleep during the flight and the bus ride from the airport in Camaguey to our hotel in Santa Lucia.

During our entire stay Kai was in the best of moods, saying "hi!!" and "bye bye!" to everyone we encountered, and dancing to the Cuban music. Here are two little movie clips of Kai's reaction to the music, the second one is the best, although it is a bit dark:

Kai in the bus to Santa Lucia

Kai at the dance show

Other than the people and the music he also loved the beach and the ocean. The first time Kai saw the ocean he ran towards it and would have taken a swim hadn't we stopped him:



When we let him play with some sand toys he decided he never wanted to leave the beach again. From then on, every time we left the beach he was crying while saying "bye bye" and waving to his dear beach.





And here are some random pictures of the rest of our stay.