{"id":4182,"date":"2012-12-15T19:57:11","date_gmt":"2012-12-15T17:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/?p=4182"},"modified":"2012-12-15T19:57:11","modified_gmt":"2012-12-15T17:57:11","slug":"quiet-first-weeks-in-havana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/startseite\/quiet-first-weeks-in-havana\/","title":{"rendered":"Quiet first weeks in Havana"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"nfcSome notes about my first weeks in late October, early November in Cuba.<\/p>\n

I arrived in Havana the day hurricane Sandy left the southern coast of Cuba after wreaking havoc there to continue the havoc on the eastern seaboard of the US – news that didn’t reach me, just like the news of Obama’s re-election only reached me 2 days after the event, although I was barely a 100 miles away. Not that I missed not being “connected”.<\/p>\n

The first week was quite windy and cool with high seas that made relaxing days at the beach in Tarara almost impossible.<\/p>\n

Renzo would cook his Pasta and refine it with home-made Pesto and lobster and we would basically just be busy with the rental car’s troubles or finding a better casa to stay.<\/p>\n

Then another group of Renzo’s Italian friends arrived, Fabio and Mauro, the weather improved and we would spend more time on the beach with our Cuban life-guard friends – who were just as amused as we were watching the European tourist perform Yoga (and other more intimate exercises) in public for her Cuban boy-friend… or the German tourist walking around the beach in dental floss swim-gear ( not a picture I like to post).<\/p>\n

I’d spend time reading the four-page black & white Granma party newspaper or taking notes on my experiences, only being interrupted by my landlady’s offer to read the official Gazette containing the new passport regulations for Cubans.<\/p>\n

An easy and relaxing way to spend the time which only changed dramatically when all the international friends started to arrive and I got into the serious cigar, buddies and rum part of my trip …<\/p>\n

Nino<\/b><\/p>\n

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