Paul McCartney's Promise to Revisit Cuban City Recalled by Locals
McCartney en su época dorada
Santiago de Cuba.- Five years following the visit byformer-Beatle Paul McCartney to the city of Santiago de Cuba, there remains an expectation that he may return someday - as he promised during his first visit to this city.
On January 14, 2000, accompanied by his two children, he surprised everyone when he walked into the Pepe Sanchez Trova House located on the city's busy Heredia Street, where he enjoyed traditional Afro-Cuban music interpreted bythe Conjunto Moneda Nacional.
While sitting on the front row enjoying the contagious melodies, McCartney attempted to join in and play some of the artful rifts.At the downtown cultural institution, the former-Beatle also purchased various CD's, among them those of Grammy-winner Eliades Ochoa of Buena Vista Social Club fame.
McCartney enjoyed lunch at the El Morro Restaurant, where he preferred toeat, despite its distance from the city. When he left the restaurant hewrote on the visitors' book, "Very good, I'll be back."
The restaurants employees remember Paul's visit five years ago, at whichtime they served him scrambled eggs and vegetables, pineapple cocktail,locally-drafted "Mayabe" beer and chocolate ice cream.
Since then, the furniture, plates, and eating utensils used by theMcCartney's are part of the restaurant's attraction, now famous for itspopularity among visitors.
With its colonial-style furniture, the restaurant has a unique aura -located only meters away from the San Pedro de la Roca Castle, declared aWorld Heritage Site by UNESCO.
It also is situated at the entrance ofSantiago's bay, where commercial airplanes fly over the eatery's guests. McCartney and his children went on to visit the nearby fortress and wereimpressed by its architectural jewels that date back to the 18th century.
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