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Cuba: A Slow Pace of Life

Cuba: A Slow Pace of Life

Preconceptions of Cuba The pictures of Cuba highlighted in the glossy pages of my guide book show a vibrant world of flamenco dancers and multicolored 1950s cars, and yet the blisteringly hot cement building my small plane touches down outside seemed to have little in...

Havana Perspective

Havana Perspective

Running Through Havana A New Lens on Havana Understanding the flow of Cuban life begins at the artery of the Old City, Calle Obispo. Formed of piece-mealed cobblestone and sand (occasionally broken up to reveal new fiber-optic cable), Calle Obispo's streets run...

A Walk Along the Malecon, Cuba

A Walk Along the Malecon, Cuba

One of my favorite evening activities in Havana is to go for a walk along the Malecon. Eight kilometres long, I often walk the whole seawall twice, since my husband and I live at one end of it. Sunset is the best time to go walking, since the view of Old Havana is...

Casa de Huevos in Cuba

Casa de Huevos in Cuba

My favorite place for coffee in Havana is Casa de Huevos in Old Havana. The name literally translates to mean "House of Eggs." There are a few tables at one side of the restaurant, where I have sat on a few occasions to order fried eggs in a nest of French...

Cienfuegos in Cuba, Founded by French Immigrants

The area around what is now the city of Cienfuegos was originally called Cacicazgo de Jagua by the indigenous peoples. In 1819, the city became the only one in Cuba to be founded by French immigrants, who arrived from Bordeaux and Louisiana. The city's original...

Havana’s Capitol Building

The Capitol Building in Havana, inaugurated in 1929, is based on the Capitol Building in Washington DC, but, at nearly 300 feet high, is slightly taller. It is best viewed in the early morning from the Parque Central. The sun was behind me and I gained a great...

Cuba Anyone?

When Fidel Castro lets go of the reins of power -- however it happens -- visiting Cuba will become attractive to U.S. citizens once again. However, the laws that have prevented easy travel to the Caribbean nation since 1963 won't go away overnight. Castro's...

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