Havana

“At least it keeps the mosquitoes away,” one of my table-mates said, as we watched the swooshes of smoke waft into the Havana sky.

Nothing captures the exuberance and sensory experience of Havana quite like this.

Lastly, the re-opening of diplomatic ties between Havana and Washington gives Brazil a chance to push for changes in Cuba.

So in America, “Havana Club” is made by Bacardi in Puerto Rico and can be found in five states.

Ferdinand de Soto sailed from Havana with ten ships for the conquest of Florida.

In Havana, were a man to ask for a Flor del Fumar, the dealer would ask him what size he wanted.

The truth is that all the best tobacco grown in the island of Cuba is bought up by the heavy manufacturers in Havana.

In Havana, as throughout Cuba, there is a cigar etiquette, to infringe any of the rules of which is construed as an insult.

The good farmer imported, for the interior filling, a fine tobacco from Havana.