Hemingway House

Andy and I were walking around Duval Street yesterday when we realized we were close to the Hemingway House so we had to go! Admission was $17 each and worth it just to see all the cats!

Visitors are warned.

This cat was sleeping at the ticket stand.

You can't be on the furniture ... unless you're a cat.

Living room where our tour started.

The "wall of wives." He had four wives so certainly enough for a wall of pictures.

I liked the floor in this bathroom.

Two cats were chillin' on the bed. The headboard is a gate from Spain.

The bathroom off of Hemingway's bedroom. The guide said when you sit on the toilet ...

you have a perfect view of this lighthouse. They have the toilet behind a locked door now because a visitor tried to use the toilet. Ewww.

It was this hot out.

This was a urinal Hemingway brought to the house. His wife was not amused and had the tiles painted on it, added a vase, moved it from the front yard and turned it into a cat fountain.

Hemingway's writing loft ... and a cat.

Hemingway's wife had this pool put in when she found out he had a girlfriend when he wasn't at home. Uh oh. No explosives could be used so it was hand-dug. It's still the largest residential pool on Key West.

Cat cemetery.

Cat house designed to look like Hemingway's House.

And there's a cat in the bookstore.

And another.

There are 59 cats on property and all are named. More than half have six toes and a few have seven toes. Their paws are huge!

So many cats!

We were a little disappointed, being from Hemingway's hometown, that the guide never asked where people were from.

Interesting. I'll have to tell the boss about this lol.