Our final full day in Havana

April 4 -

We awoke late, what else is new.  Erik wondered if we take sleeping pills.

It was our last day and we needed to pick up cigars, gifts, and other things.  We had breakfast at the Habana Cafe and then went to the post office to mail the post cards....the woman remembered us and when Bill gave her 2 more bill notes, she gave him his stamps for free.  It was so sweet.  She was genuinely touched.  

We were heading toward the tobacco museum, which was 2 miles away and the air was quite heavy and it was very hot.  I bailed on the museum and decided to go to the Parque Central hotel where they had a cigar shop. 

We poured over the cigars again and I settled on a box of 10 Montecristos.  We also picked up 6 tubes for Giancarlo.

We then went around the corner to the Sevilla Hotel, which was  just down the street.  Inside another band was playing, a flute, a violin, and a vocalist.  There was a guitar player that was male.  They were ok, not great, but they did have a CD to sell.  We declined.  

Then came another band of all men who were better, in fact, Bill really liked the group and bought a CD as well as had his picture taken with them!

I went searching for the ladies room, and found a guy making cigars.  So I bought one from him to smoke later that night.

We had accomplished all of our touristic purchases so we were just killing time visiting all of these grand dame hotel lobbies to hang out and get out of the heat.  The temperature had soared over the last 2 days to be in the 80’s.

We went over to Edificio Bacardi, a wonderful deco building that used to be the Bacardi headquarters, ahem, before 1959.  

We headed back to Chef Ivan Justo’s restaurant for our final dinner in Havana.  And, darn, if we didn’t order the same thing!  House smoked assortment and the pig.  

The evening was capped off with a snort of aged rum and the earlier purchased cigar.  Neither entranced like they had previously done….already jaded????

bring me my rum and cigar, please