Hotel Sevilla Cuba

...  for the first of many cocktails to be enjoyed on the trip - a Cuba Libre.  Afterwards, we walked over to the Hotel Sevilla to have dinner in their rooftop restaurant, where I had my NEXT cocktail - my first mojito in Cuba.  This was a ...

Cuba!! ...

... had been raining in Granada almost constantly and Sevilla was known for having warmer temperatures. Unfortunately we couldn't leave for Sevilla until later that evening because some students still had night classes. We arrived in Sevilla around 8 o'clock ...

... and lots of swerving and hard braking in the little old car with no suspension... After arriving (we are staying at the lovely Sevilla Hotel in Old Havana, just near the Museo de la Revolucion and Prado, a fantastic tree lined boulevard), we headed out ...

... although we can leave our stuff at Eumelia's for now, we have five hours to kill somewhere. We lunch back at the Hotel Sevilla  -- another sort of a homecoming. The kids and my improving Spanish are really leading to nice exchanges wherever we go ...

It's a sign of how much better head space I'm in today that I propose lunch at the Hotel Sevilla (something like our fourth time eating here). They have a great Afro-Cuban combo playing in the courtyard and if the food isn't spectacular, it's more edible ...