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: Miami to Havana

Saturday, Jan. 26, Getting to Havana We spent last night at the Crowne Plaza Miami Airport hotel, a short shuttle ride from the airport. Nothing special, in fact, a rather tired property in need of updating and renovation.  But our room was spacious with a king bed and quite quiet. For dinner we walked a block to Catch of the Day, …