During the Havana portion of our trip to Cuba, we stayed at the Hotel Capri. I mentioned this in my review of Havana Nocturne because it’s one of the hotel-casinos that the Mob built in the 1950s.

The view from our room in the Hotel Capri, Havana

Hotel Nacional, as seen from the rooftop pool deck at the Hotel Capri

Another view from the rooftop of Hotel Capri — looking toward Old Havana

The bartender at the rooftop bar of the Hotel Capri decided that Rick looked like Ernest Hemingway, with his beard and canvas hat. After that, he insisted that we order daiquiris! It’s a good thing that it turned out we liked them.

Here are my previous posts about Cuba, most shared as Saturday Snapshot posts at West Metro Mommy Reads:

• Photos of Entering Cuba
• Book review of Cuban Revelations by Marc Frank
• Photos of the Palacio de Valle
• Book review of Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene
• Photos of downtown Cienfuegos
• Food in Cuba
• Colorful Trinidad, Cuba
• Book review of Havana Nocturne by T.J. English with photos of 50s Cuba
• Interiors of a 1929 house in Havana
• Colors of Cuba exhibit