Michael is ill. A little Montezuma's revenge likely. I gave him some Immodium and Kris, Roger and I headed out to catch the 10:00 am bus. We decided to go to the Art Barn and do a little shopping. There was alot of art mass produced to sell to the new tourists as they get off the cruise ship - but there was also some really good art mixed in. We all left there with a couple of paintings. It was about an hour long bus ride all around Havana before we actually arrived at the Art Barn. That was actually very cool as we sat on top of the double decker bus and had a nice birds eye view of areas in Havana that we had not seen yet.
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| At the Copa - Copacabana... |
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| On the way to Partagas |
a fellow stopped us - obvious to him what we were looking for on that street. He told us the store was closed and they were on vacation so wouldn't reopen for a week. However, if we followed him he could find us some good cigars to purchase. Roger and Kris took off with the guy until he started leading them down a long, dark hallway in some building. Then they changed their minds. We had given up on cigars and were walking back to Parque Central when we happened to walk right by Partagas. AND they were open!! The scoundrel almost caused us to come home cigar-less. Had a grand time shopping for cigars and as luck would have it we ran into a fellow who both spoke good English and knew his cigars. He helped us out with our selections and we were happy Americans in Cuba! After our pilgrimage to Partagas we were looking for a little bohemian cafe that we had seen along the way. We had a very nice lunch at Sia Kara and then headed to Calle Obispo looking for some Cuban perfume for Kris - unfortunately we have had no luck with the perfume. So... we jumped back on the double decker bus and headed to the top deck for our ride back to Marina Hemingway. Found Michael still very ill so I went ahead and started him on some Cipro. Must heed the caution to not drink the water or you will pay a heavy price!
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