Reading and Roaming
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 …
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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.
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 …
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MONDAY, JAN. 28 Art in a storm Last night was more of an adventure than we anticipated. As scheduled, we arrived at the Cuban Art Factory, a repurposed cooking oil factory with exhibit galleries, a movie theater, and performance space, for a tour by a young staff member. He explained that the factory had been empty for …
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