Some day, I hope to!!

That's really unfortunate. In another country where a similar ban exists, I know some freelancers who are paid in bitcoin. They know which merchants they can spend at -- even though there's no pin on CoinMap.org for them nor any "bitcoin accepted" signage in the shop. So bitcoin continues to be used just that it isn't advertised.

There is another place I've been where the hotel concierge knew offhand nearly a dozen restaurants and tourist spots where bitcoin was accepted. Here too there was no "bitcoin accepted" advertising or anything, just word of mouth.