Fourth day in Havana

I got up early to go to the Museo de la Revolución, but it turned out it didn't open until 10 AM, so I went for a walk while Dean took a run around the Malecón. The museum wasn't that interesting because a large area was closed for renovations, but I still enjoyed the visit. Dean met me there and we went to El Dandy, in Plaza del Cristo, for a coffee and a snack.

I really enjoyed this place. The decoration was cute, the location was convenient, the coffee was good, and it wasn't expensive, so it was a nice, chill place to have a break and decide what to do next.

Afterward, we went back to Clandestina to chat with Eva's friend. I got a poster and a bandana, as well as the 2 CUC guide. I think that by then we had realized the store was actually a quite cool and hip place of the island and we had seen it referenced in multiple places.

After going home and resting a bit, we went to a place that Eva's friend had recommended, El Café, where we shared an excellent pork sandwich. We also visited the Fototeca de Cuba, which I found very disappointing. This center hosts the most important collection of Cuban photography, but when we went there was only a little exhibition with little context. I'm guessing it may be better at times, but it wasn't this particular one. We continued exploring the streets around Habana Vieja and run into the galley Habana: espacios creativos, a new art space that had just recently opened.

We stopped at a purses store called Zulu and later continued to the Taller de serigrafía Rene Portocarrero, one of my favorite places of this trip. It's a serigraphy studio that has been open for more than 35 years. It's not exactly a gallery, but you can visit it and the people who work there are friendly. We spent a very good time chatting with Ramón, who showed us around and told us a lot about the studio, the work, and his own life. We ended up buying a couple of prints and I wish I had got more.

We had considered walking around the Malecón for sunset, but we ended up staying so long that by the time we left, it was already dark. We went to have dinner at a very popular place called O'Reilly, which had good food and live music. The menu seemed quite conventional but it ended up having some creative takes. It was very crowded though and we shared a table with another couple of tourists.

Museo de la Revolución
https://www.tripadvisor.es/Attraction_Review-g1…

El Dandy
https://www.tripadvisor.es/Restaurant_Review-g1…

El Café
https://www.tripadvisor.es/Restaurant_Review-g1…

Habana: espacios creativos
http://habanacultural.ohc.cu/?p=29983

Taller de serigrafía René Portocarrero
http://serigrafiacuba513.com/

O'Reilly 304
https://www.alamesacuba.com/es/la-habana/restau…Read more