Wed, Dec 13, Norwegian Sky Cruise Ship, Havana, Cuba:  Set up a wake-up call on our ship phone when we went to bed last night, and I set one up on my cell phone for 5;30 a.m.  We didn’t get to bed until around 1:00 am.  Even though we had two wake-up calls set up, we didn’t wake up until 7:10.  We were supposed to meet for our final excursion at 7:20.  I wanted to try for it anyway, but Mike didn’t.  So, we went back to bed.  The Parisien Review at the Hotel Nacional last night was really great.  A huge and talented company.  We lost count of all the costume changes.  The Hotel Nacional is very historic.  The gangster, Myer Lansky (SP?) lived in the hotel for years. On our drive back to the ship, which is now around midnight, we noticed a lot of people out and about on the Malecon.    So, today we slept in, then showered and headed up to the 11 deck for breakfast.  Then Mike went to get his Cuban pesos exchanged for US dollars and I went to guest services to check on their wi-fi.  Back to our room and decided to go see the   movie, “Wonder Woman”. I had a hard time staying awake.    After the movie we headed up to deck 11 for some cocktails and join the revelers as the ship departed.  For dinner we’re going to try a new restaurant—The Palace.  78 today I think and some clouds.

MORE HAVANA PICTURES

El Floridita, the bar frequented by Hemingway.

The first Christmas decorations we've seen.

The main bar.

Sculpture of Hemingway in his favorite bar stool with his favorite drink.

A little side street.  We haven't seen any hurricane damage. But some of the buildings are crumbling anyway.

The hotel where Hemingway lived for 5 years before he bought Finca Vigia.

Hotel lobby.