Last Friday, day of investigaciones independientes, I found myself in the world of Cuban film on 23rd between Calles 10 y 12. Here the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC) is located, with its many offices and archives, joined to a cine de arte, “Charlie Chaplin.” Across the street is a café and […]
Getting Our Bearings – La primera día
19 Feb 2014 Getting Our Bearings – La primera día Our first day in La Habana, we were ecstatic to find out what the city had in store for us. The morning began with a generous breakfast comprised of eggs, pineapple, batidos and papaya (a false cognate in Spanish that should not be uttered). […]
23.2 Meliã Cohiba
The morning after Mardi Gras nine Lewis and Clark students found themselves sprawled across an abandoned corner of the Cancun airport admiring their new Cuban visas. It was just after noon and we had a flight to Havana departing at three. Our saga begins the moment we tried to check in our luggage. A wonderful […]
Comida Cubana y Otras Cosas
Cuba has two currencies, both called pesos and the bills and coins are nearly identical, but in the Cuban economy confusing pesos cubanos and pesos convertibles will cost you as one is worth twenty-four of the other. And to make matters a little more confusing most signs and menus don’t specify in with which currency […]
17 Feb. Waiting for Snow in Havana
Waiting for Snow in Havana 17 Feb. 2015 On a recent morning in Vedado, a relatively well-to-do neighborhood in Havana, a group of thirty people stood in a disorderly crowd waiting for the telephone office to open. People had come as early as 7 am to be at the front of the line when the […]