Carolina Comments: Cuba & Local Culture

 REFLECTIONS Cuba in 2019 Seven years ago this week, the Chief Penguin and I were part of a small group educational and cultural trip to Cuba.  We were in Havana the bulk of the time with a trip one day to the Vinales Valley.  In the city, we experienced lunch at a private restaurant, one of the …

Cultural Cuba: History, Art & Dance

WED. JAN. 30 Today, our last full day, was packed with economics, history, visual art and dance.  Lourdes, dean of economics at the University of Havana, was our morning speaker here at the hotel.  Like all the other individuals who have shared their insights with us, she was both spirited and informative. The Cubans we’ve encountered up …

Cultural Cuba: Photo Highlights

Havana and the Vinales Valley offered a feast of images for the photographer. I took more photos than I could possibly share in my daily blog posts so here are a few more. Note: All photos ©JWFarrington (some rights reserved). Header photos is the bartender at Mas Habana.

Cultural Cuba: Vinales Excursion

TUESDAY, JAN. 29 This was another very full day and could aptly be called “cigars and scenery.” It was sunny and probably the warmest day we had. Cuba was experiencing a cold front and it was mainly in the 60’s until today. We traveled three hours west on our comfortable tour bus to the Vinales …