It was finally time to say goodbye to Cuba. It had been a whirlwind tour but one I was so glad that we made. Suzanne and our guide were concerned about checkout for our group. They said the hotel had agreed to break their usual rules and let us checkout the night before and they were even going to provide […]
My goodness there is still so much to talk about. Today we looked forward to what Suzanne referred to as “retail therapy” (we referred to it as helping the Cuban economy), Ernest Hemingway’s house, and Fusterlandia. Our time would soon be coming to an end in Cuba and it still felt as though we had barely scratched the surface of […]
Day three We had an early start today as plans were to travel to Pinar Del Rio and Vinales on the western most part of the island. Before travelling to Cuba I did not realize how big it is. I like to read novels about destinations before I visit them. While reading a novel for this trip I started to […]
After our drink break we headed back out to the streets. We passed an active “barber shop” in the park. We learned one of our group had had her hair braided unexpectedly and another member had a big lipstick print on his cheek. We saw the former presidential rail car. This car was used until the 1950’s for campaigning and […]
After a good night’s sleep for Jeff, and less so of one for me, we started our morning with the breakfast buffet in the hotel. The coffee was not so great. Suzanne had talked about how much salmon she eats at breakfast there so I was disappointed that none was available. They told her they would try to get some […]
This is the big day. We are ready to go! We met in the hotel lobby at 7:30 AM. We handed over our passports, visas, and plane tickets to Suzanne, our escort from Carlson Travel, and went to enjoy breakfast while she did the hard work of getting us all processed. We were all proudly displaying our Cuba and American […]
We live in an area that offers access to two potential airports – Austin and San Antonio, TX. San Antonio is slightly closer and our usual go to airport, especially since we like to avoid Austin traffic whenever possible. Southwest Airlines offered flights from both airports. My husband didn’t really like the idea of flying out of Austin instead of […]
It all started one evening in early December. My husband and I were having dinner and discussing the events of the day. He casually mentioned “ I had an opportunity come in my e-mail today to go to Cuba but I dismissed it since we’re going on a big trip to Peru later in the year. Didn’t think we could do […]