Sunday, October 12, 2008

Havana, Cuba: Day 3

After waking up at 8:00 in the morning, I made an early decision to devote the entire day to visiting places Hemingway had been. I ate the remainder of a cold Cuban sandwich for breakfast, and I was on my way. To pass the time and to get plenty of exercise, I decided to walk to all of my daily destinations.

My first stop was Watch Tower Farm. It was the house Hemingway inhabited while he wrote The Old Man and the Sea. The admission price for a tour ended up being $5 (www.tripadvisor.com). I was able to see the very room where Ernest complied one of his most loved works. The room was peaceful; it was the perfect place for brainstorming, and it had to be considered a sanctuary to the man himself.

It was nearly 4:00 in the afternoon when i left Hemingway's Havana residence. Hunger struck, so I found my way to El Floridita. There, I ordered yet another Cuban sandwich and a virgin daiquiri. It is rumored that Hemingway himself aided in creating the daiquiri at this very restaurant (www.tripadvisor.com). When I was finished eating, I paid my bill of $17, and I hitchhiked my way to the airport in order to avoid government sponsored transportation. At the airport, I purchased my ticket out of Havana for $351. Once in Cancun, I bought a ticket to Sun Valley, ID for $516 (www.expedia.com). I slept on both flights.

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