Ybor City, worth a visit

Ybor City, pronouned EE-borh, is a historic neighborhood of Tampa, Florida.  In the 1880's, immigrants from Spain, Cuba and Italy settled in this area and started cigar manufacturing.  Even today, as you walk historic 7th Avenue, you see numerous cigar stores where cigars are still being hand-rolled.  The bars and coffee shops have thick cigar smoke rolling out of them.  Not exactly my favorite smell, but once again....when in Rome....

We did sit down and enjoy a Cuban coffee in the late afternoon and just look around the old-fashioned bar.

And then, of course, a little window shopping.  I did not get the price on this suit on display, but then you have to realize, some things are priceless.

In 2008, 7th Avenue in Ybor City was listed as one of the "10 Great Streets in America" by the American Planning Association.  Using the word great might be a stretch, but it certainly is unusual for the US.