The Mojito Diary, part 5

Two days in Varadero featuring white beaches, a crazy German, and free beer.

Note: This is another installment of my traveloguette about going to Cuba. I’d love your feedback, even if you’re going to tell me to go back to writing about France!

Next stop, the beach

Varadero is on a long peninsula on Cuba’s north coast, just east of Havana. It started as a dry dock for Spanish ships in the 1500s. By the late 1800s, it had transform…