Cuba made it to the front page of different Canadian newspapers again. I am glad when my small and noisy island gets to the international news and people are able to see and hopefully learn something about such an isolated country. Now the reason is sports, in particular the defection of athletes in a recent […]

Rice is a product that you find on the table of each Cuban family every day. It explains why the rice cooker is so valuable in a Cuban kitchen. When I was growing up there was no way to buy a rice cooker at the regular stores, only a few Cubans had the privilege of […]

The event of first time travelling for a Cuban is not simple. Putting aside this time the most important side of things, which is the emotional side, Cubans need to face a whole new world unknown to them: the so called developed world. What is absolutely normal to others like credit cards, ads, summer season […]

I am definitely on an alcoholic mode today. I predict this Friday is going to be a good one. (^_-) Writing my previous post about the discovery of Ron Caney, I realized that I should also post a few words about Guayabita del Pinar. It is not fair to leave aside my old but eternal […]

My friend mentioned to someone that Ron Caney is the best one available these days and he could not believe me when I said I had not tasted it. -“We have to go and buy one as soon as possible!”- the eager- to- be- drunk repeated. Apparently, even my friend from Madrid was asking her […]

It looks like the year 2012 is going to end with location changes in my friends’ map. Another close friend left Cuba today, thinking of never coming back. He probably tried to pack a life in a suitcase but everyone he cares about stayed behind. Another bright mind is out of the island… Soon I will […]

This summer has brought a lot of rain to Cuba. The first few days Cubans were praising the stormy weather and the cooler breeze, there was also a heavy drought so nature started to be kind to the island. After a week of showers, mostly in the afternoons and around the time people are finishing […]

Some things are consistent in Havana and those are usually the negative ones. Every pavement has a hole, every building has a public hall with a missing lightbulb, every block has at least one informer. As crazy as it may sound this time I noticed the consistency of the lack of street signs. Every traffic […]

The “frazada de piso” (cloth that is used to clean the tile floors in Cuba) disappeared from Havana stores for over a month. Rumours has it that the factory was closed, nothing was of course said on the national television, regarding that common matter. I was visiting Havana for a month and the floor cloth […]

About a month ago La Chucheria bar opened in Vedado (1rst St. btw C and D). This place is a great example of a private business, one of the many flourishing in Havana at the moment. Two apartments on the street level were purchased to build a restaurant on one side and a 3D cinema […]

One positive thing I noticed since I am in Havana this June is that summer fruits are all over the place and luckily the production is high or at least higher than previous years. Huge mangoes and incredibly sweet mameyes are being sold at the market. Beautiful pineapples and papayas decorate the trucks of private […]

I am sitting at home in Havana writing this post on a notepad. Hopefully I will be able to post it on Internet soon. The summer rain kept us in the house today. The Cuban sun has filled my heart with joy in the last couple of days although I have to say that the […]