Markets in Havana

Over the winter break, I had occasion to travel to Havana, Cuba for a friend’s wedding. I stayed in a hotel room with a kitchen, so my companions and I planned to save some money and eat better by making most meals for ourselves. This entailed, we thought, going to the grocery store or the market and exchanging money for foodstuffs. In principle this was true, but we discovered it was certainly a different and, at times, more challenging experience than we anticipated.

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