Tag Archives: Day of the Dead

A Final Haitian Exchange

Posted on 11/03/2013 by paulefallon

The Hotel Olaffson was distinctly less magical on the morning of the Day of the Dead. I got up shortly after seven to dress and pack; we had to leave for the airport by eight.  I decided to replenish our … Continue reading →

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Graham Greene Slept Here…Me, Not so Much

Posted on 11/01/2013 by paulefallon

In the 1960’s, Al Seitz struggled to maintain at least one guest in residence at Port-au-Prince’s Hotel Olaffson to ward off Papa Doc Duvalier from appropriating the most famous watering hole in the Caribbean. That still didn’t curb the Brooklyn … Continue reading →

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