A place I documented my marvelous misadventures in Cuba from January to March, 2017…on the sketchiest of WiFi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
It is honestly unreal to me how eight weeks in Havana just magically flew by. I wish there were proper words for me to express how grateful I am for the experience, what I\u2019ve learned […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
I\u2019ve entitled this post \u201cCulture Shock\u201d because I\u2019m just going to dump a bunch of information on some of the remaining aspects of Cuban culture, which could easily each have separate posts. Here goes. Cigars […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
After my more serious last post, I\u2019d like to move to a lighter note: Cuban style. Cubans certainly walk the walk and talk the talk in just about everything they do. Their confidence is refreshing; […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
Before coming to Cuba, I had a very limited understanding of the country\u2019s political structure; I simply knew that it was a communist society that rejected United States capitalism. Little did I know that this […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
As we were fortunate enough to have four and a half days off of school between classes, a few classmates and I took a long weekend in Vi\u00f1ales, located in the province of Pinar del […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
Spanish, just like English, is spoken differently depending on where you are in the world. Cuban Spanish is a very difficult breed, though it gets easier to understand day by day. Many Cubans speak very […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
Cuba has a dual currency system, something that I had never encountered before nor known existed. The two currencies definitely hurt the economy more than help it, but it\u2019s accepted as yet another daily challenge […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
At this point in my posts, I feel like it\u2019s necessary to explain the hurdles I must go through to even maintain this blog. Like everything in Cuba, it involves a few small desaf\u00edos, but […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
Cuban food is great. It’s not very healthy, but it definitely satisfies, especially considering all the walking that we do here. I’ll try to encompass all aspects of it in this post, but I know […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
I feel like I could talk about the driving and the cars here endlessly, but that would get old and boring. However, I\u2019d like to go more into detail on what it\u2019s like for the […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
Instead of posting a bunch of small, unsubstantial posts, here\u2019s a list of interesting tidbits I\u2019ve picked up while in Cuba. Throughout Havana, there are many monuments of war heroes and revolutionaries. Most are statues […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
M\u00e1quinas are like the Uber Pool of Cuba; they\u2019re shared taxis that travel between neighborhoods in Havana. M\u00e1quinas travel only along main streets, and among these main streets, only ones that run horizontally, not vertically. […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
Last night, we experienced a festival unlike anything we\u2019ve ever seen before \u2013 all in celebration of Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed. A revolutionary, acclaimed poet, and powerful writer during the mid to late 19th century, Mart\u00ed became […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
Cuba has been an incredible whirlwind since we arrived. I am amazed by the beauty of this country and its people, and I can safely say that studying abroad here for the next two months […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
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