Good sites, cigars, food, and drinks in Cuba

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Where I stayed

Hotel Nacional de Cuba Havana

What I did

Enjoyed their country - again this year

Flag of Cuba Havana, Cuba
Tuesday, October 11, 2011

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Nacional Hotel sign

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We stayed at the Nacional Hotel this time. It has a history with mafia, movie stars, and many other politicos and personalities who have stayed here. We were provided with a hotel tour that showed us which rooms were used by these celebrities and notables, and the presidential suite.
I'm sure you'll enjoy reading and seeing the pictures of my second visit to Cuba this year. I have told my friend who arranges our trips that I want to return to Cuba at least once-a-year. More Americans are now enjoying a trip to Cuba; I have met many at breakfast and around the hotel property.

HAVANA

Obispo; main shopping street in Havana

Building tunnel

Plaza Vieja, one of many plazas

Beer at bar to watch Plaza Vieja

Many statues in Old Havana

Old Havana side street

Floridita; famous Hemingway bar

Hemingway wearing my cap

Floridita bar; daiquiri was invented here

Hotel Andos Mundos; Hemingway stayed here

Pictures of Hemingway at hotel

I like this sign

I like this relief on a building

Lighthouse and fortress

People enjoying the water

Terry got wet

Our group at the La Fontana restaurant bar

The capitol building

That's Abe

One of many reasons why I enjoy Cuba

Bar at Partagas cigar factory

We shared this dessert at lunch in Chinatown

Chinatown

Our waitress at Chinese restaurant

What a car!

We spent the day in this convertible

We visited the Alexander Robaina tobacco farm

Young tobacco plants

Our docent at the tobacco farm

Owner has Japanese name, Hirochi

The five cigars that Robaina produces

Founder, Alexander Robaino

Robaina was founded in 1845

We stopped here for lunch

Common public transportation on the farms

Dinner at a French restaurant

Alexander with artwork

Terry with artwork

Me with artwork

Another neat car

We did a tour bus ride

Vieja Restaurant *excellent beer & food

Dos Hermanos bar & restaurant *good music

Church by art bazaar

2 skewers with grilled shrimp & lobster $10

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BAY OF PIGS

Our visit to the Bay of Pigs

We visited this pool; over 220 ft deep

Jerry and Caren

Our visit to the Bay of Pigs Museum

Rifles were made in Russia and Czech R.

Ack ack

The white shoes

Elegy of the Little White Shoes

The displays at the museum

These memorials to the fallen are everywhere

We had crocodile for lunch

This is the Bay of Pigs

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Nacional Hotel