With now 2 weeks left until my trip to Havana I start getting responses from my friends in regards to what they want me to bring them. I am back to the same old list of items for my grandma which includes all sorts of cooking spices and over the counter medication like Pebtobismol, Alka […]

  Today I remembered Bavaria – Dragones Restaurant in China Town, Havana.  When I started dating my husband we gathered with a couple of friends to go eat at this popular restaurant that at that time was famous for its well loaded pizzas. Living in Cuba your brain will normally skip the analysis of “going […]

As weird as the title of my post may sound the sun has been shining in Ireland for our entire stay. Here I have a few notes I wrote on the last couple of days. Friday: When we arrived in Dublin this past Friday morning I was wearing boots, a turtleneck  base layer and a […]

I have put together a new list to show all the favourites I have found in Belgrade City. Yum yum Njam Njam. 🙂 1-) Iced Coffee This summer drink took over Belgrade and I am now addicted to it. The ingredients in this area are coffee (Nescafe or espresso), milk, ice cream, whipped cream and […]

Abierta al viento la turgente vela Y las rojas banderas desplegadas, Cruza el barco las ondas azuladas, Dejando atrás fosforescente estela. El sol, como lumínica rodela, Aparece entre nubes nacaradas, Y el pez, bajo las ondas sosegadas, Como flecha de plata raudo vuela. ¿Volveré? ¡Quién lo sabe! Me acompaña Por el largo sendero recorrido La […]

I am happy to celebrate my grandparents’ 54th wedding anniversary. Many things need to work together to achieve this number. My grandfather sent me an email and he assured me that love, respect and being there equally in the good ones and bad ones is indispensable. When I think about their lives together there has […]

One of my favourite Spanish dishes are Huevos Rotos (Broken Eggs). The preparation is very simple and the result is pretty rewarding. All the ingredients that you need are olive oil, potatoes, eggs and any cured meat of your choice. Ham and chorizo are my top options. Something salty or spicy puts a lot of […]

En mi lenta misión de actualizarme con los filmes cubanos he encontrado esta película de Chijona en Youtube. El elenco es brillante, de lo mejor del cine cubano, así que vale la pena echarle un vistazo sólo por eso. Hasta Yotuel, el integrante del grupo Orishas, tuvo su rol en esta comedia. El guión no […]

You do not have to go too far or too deep down in Belgrade to find Roman remains. A fair bit of Roman history is buried underneath the city of today. Some downtown areas have been covered or left untouched for years due to lack of budget for an excavation. About an hour and a […]

Most of barbacoas (barbecues) in Cuba are indoors and do not involve meat or sausages at all. This is already hard to explain to a Spanish speaker who is also not familiar with this second use of the word, but as I commonly say, Cuba is on one extreme and the rest of the world […]