An American in Cuba: Time to Say Goodbye

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 […]

An American in Cuba: Day Four Finca Vigia and Fusterlandia

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 […]

An American in Cuba: Havana Part Two

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 […]