I did the best thing one can do after arguing with your husband in one of
the most romantic cities there are. I woke up at 7:15 (after 9 hours of
sleep) and went for a run. Since I had left my high tech equipment at home
it was just me and the road - it felt like the movie what women want. And
what more could I want! I run north to the boardwalk and followed the water
for a while - so relaxing and beautiful. Sure enough on my way back to the
hotel I got lost since all the streets look pretty much the same but I felt
very safe just like in Vienna. So I keep running through the back roads and
really enjoyed the Havana lifestyle. At that time of day you do not see to
many tourist :-)

Ah and I got a SMS from “the cold”, that today is St.Nikolaus day. Very cute
but totally unrealistic - Santa would melt here and for some reason nobody
filled my stockings...

After a shower it was time to wake up Christof and even tough it was already
8:15...the guy was still tired. Around 9:00 we went for breakfast. Havana
will not win any price for breakfast from me. Anyway there was coffee,
bread, eggs, lots of sweet baked goods....fruits. These fruits actually
tasted very nice - might Regina be wrong after all? There was one fruit
which I have to find out what it was. Pink meat, sweet, seeds, you can not
eat the shell.... They had Mango juice, which I loved!

We then started our first walk to the city - it is busy. We walked in the
direction of Parque Central. After 2 hours of walking Christof wanted to
return his bag to the hotel where a sudden tiredness hit us and we slept for
2 hours.

After a good nap we walked to the museum de la revolution. Since I am not a
big museums I found the museum okay. From there we went to the hotel Sevilla
and had a little snack since I am very difficult when hungry. To get in the
Cuban spirit I had a tuna sandwich, fruit salad and a Mojito - wow - that
stuff was good and I was in a very good mood afterwards :-). We then went
passed the boardwalk and to the plaza de Cathedra, where I topped up my
alcohol level with a Havana Special at the la patio. Very nice bar with
outside seating.

After another quick nap we were ready for dinner. The plan was to go to Cafe
Taberna but on arrival it seemed a bit empty and not as promising. So we
ended up at a cafe right next to it were you could sit nicely outside- I
forgot already the name since I did not like the food too much. The fish was
great but the rest a disappointment. When leaving the Plaza Vieja we passed
by the Cafe Taberna and they had a life music/dancing show - not bad I must
say - would have been the better choice.

We took a night cap at our hotel and I am assuming that the bar keeper
wanted to kill me. They did not have peppermint so Christof ordered a Havana
Special and there was simply to much alcohol in it. It took me 30 sec after
hitting the bed to fall asleep - I almost missed to say good night to the
stars :-)

Things we noticed:

•they sell pizza on the streets just like in Italy

•the sandwich buns are yellow colored and the put fatty meat and vegetable
in there.

•Obispo is very well renovated and does not reflect the style of the rest
of the city

•In department stores you stand in line until the desk  with the stuff you
want is free - not like in Europe where everybody just goes in and buys what
he needs

•bring money when going to the bathroom - they will “sell” you the toilet
paper.

•there is dog poo just like in Vienna