{"id":4538,"date":"2013-03-24T11:49:32","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T09:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/?p=4538"},"modified":"2013-03-24T11:49:32","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T09:49:32","slug":"havana-opening-night-of-the-festival-at-el-morro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/startseite\/havana-opening-night-of-the-festival-at-el-morro\/","title":{"rendered":"Havana – Opening Night Of The Festival At El Morro"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"nfcI wouldn’t go as far as to comment that it was a great and expensive opportunity to feel important and shake hands with all the important players while supporting Cubans with a good dinner … but the comment comes to my mind.<\/p>\n

Great photo op too.<\/p>\n

From the drive into El Morro in an old and battered Moksvitch reeking of bad diesel and stuttering its way through the tunnel while looking out a shattered front window to the stunning view of Havana harbour and the Malecon from atop the fortress.<\/p>\n

A pleasant moment was meeting Barry, a fan of my blog, and talking to him amid the crowd.<\/p>\n

Frank and I considered ourselves happy to have had a good lunch and not needing anything to eat as all we saw were long lines and Cuban groupies helping themselves.<\/p>\n

No problem with that, just annoying to be barked at by the clowns playing soldiers while they were eating away happily from the buffet before dinner had started.<\/p>\n

We strolled around and found a quiet, wind-still corner to smoke our cigars and a nice waitress for our Cubatas while meeting and greeting our friends and the many usual suspects.<\/p>\n

I thought Frank would be overwhelmed by the event. Nope. He enjoyed the cannons though.<\/p>\n

In the end we looked at each other and agreed that those had been very expensive Cubatas.<\/p>\n

Nino<\/p>\n

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