Cigar Factory

We need a pedometer to check how far we walk each day. Today was the longest walk yet. We took a cab to the Cigar Factory tour and when that was finished we walked to every site we wished to see.


The Cigar Factory was quite amazing. They showed us how the cigar is made from the beginning right up to the stage where they box them for export and for sales within Cuba. There are over 900 workers making the cigars and each worker has to make a daily quota...what the rewards are, we don't know.


We were offered a chance to smoke a cigar and two women took the opportunity. They were not feeling well afterwards, despite the guide's advice of not inhaling. I didn't know that cigars are never inhaled.


We walked to the cemetery that Anne had heard about and did a short walking tour through a small part of it. The cemetery is huge and it is impossible to see all of in one day.

Next on our list was the Nacional Hotel which is an Havana icon, opened in 1930. The hotel is very well preserved and very busy with many people just stopping for a beer or ice cream.


There wasn't much life left in our legs so we took a cab back to our hotels where all of us tried to rest up for the long walk to our chosen restaurant. We were amazed at the prices of this place.....Rick thinks this restaurant is one of the few private restaurants starting up in Havana and the lower prices reflect that.