We went to the Hemingway House tour. Omar wasn't interested so he stayed in the car. The tour was about 45 minutes long and was really interesting. His home in the Keys he lived in for a while but when he divorced the wife who owned it he never returned to the Keys. That wife left it to him when he died and when Hemingway passed he left it to his sons who then sold it. The person who owns it now made it to the tourist destination it is.
When we got to the location I had to go to the bathroom really badly. I was pointed to where it was somewhere in the garden. There was a boys stall and a girl's stall. One person was in front of me at the girl's stall and I would have been willing to go to the boy's stall, I had to go so badly, if there had been a free time. The woman in the stall that we were waiting on took over 15 minutes!!! Seriously. Every time a guy would go into their stall, right then another guy would walk up to go next so it was never not free. Over 10 guys went into the bathroom before the lady came out. It was ridiculous. I kept asking the lady in front of me if she was sure someone was in there (the person in the stall was in there prior to me showing up in line). She said she was sure. When I finally went to the bathroom, the stall was huge and so nice - no wonder she was in there so long. There was a whole sitting area. I bet she was just sitting in that nice comfy sofa chair laughing that we were waiting to to go to the bathroom.
We learned about the Hemingway cats and how Hemingway was very accident prone. Merchant ships thought that 6-toed cats were good luck. Hemingway's son found a 6 toed cat and kept it. The cats multiplied and the cats there, about 30 of them or something are the descendants of the original. Each female is allowed 2 litters and then is fixed. Only 2 males are not fixed. One of the oldest cats died the day of our tour and all the workers were mourning. He was 14 years old. We asked what they do with the cats when they die, they said that they don't go to the Vet, the Vet comes to them. There is a special burial place in the garden. There are outside cats that try to get in, but the Hemingway cats won't allow them. They can go anywhere they want in the house or on the grounds.
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Kate, I've loved looking through all of your cruise photos and reading your travel log. It makes me laugh so much because it's just so, YOU! I love it. Beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing.
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