Cuban's shot at rebellion a vacation keeper Bidet photo a tiny victory over government oppression

Ernest Hemingway's bidet is the star of my favorite photographfrom my trip to Cuba.

Visiting Hemingway's house costs foreigners $3, but it's $5 moreif you want to take pictures. You aren't allowed inside; you're onlypermitted to peer in through open windows and doors, with a guard atevery portal in theory enforcing the photo rules.

But the guard asked my wife and me if we wanted to take a picture.Julie and I told her, in a combination of broken Spanish and awkwardgestures, that we hadn't bought a camera license.

She didn't care. She grabbed our camera and was off, takingpictures of the living room, the study, the bathroom--all over thehouse. We didn't know what …