Why do people travel? Is one reason more justified than another? Who is judging you when you are abroad? As I have been writing this research paper theorizing on these questions in the Cuban context, I have found it to be a struggle to place myself inside the research. In a number of ways the […]
Reflections on My Three Months inCuba
As I reflect on my entire experience in Cuba, I find it incredibly difficult to choose one anecdote or one theme to elaborate on that could serve as an explanation of my time here. Unfortunately, readers, I don’t think it’s that easy. I don’t think I am able to sum it up in 300 words, […]
Rural Ruins
Cuba is as filled with ruins as Greece. No, there is no Coliseum or Parthenon, but all around the country, there are ruins of projects started with the hyper-excitement following the triumph of the revolution, or ruins of a wealthy colonial past existing no more. Ruins are as much a part of the Cuban landscape […]
Home is Where the Pepperonata Is
We are at a unique point of the trip where I am finally feeling settled, and completely comfortable living here. I noticed this the other day as I was walking back from Toscana, my favorite restaurant here in Havana. The entire staff there knows me personally, knows what I order, what I am doing here, […]
Cuba, the end
Today I am leaving Cuba. As I write this I am sitting in Terminal B, waiting for my flight to Cancun that leaves in a little more than an hour. And after 99 days here, I don’t know how I will feel. Time has flown by. I knew it would, because it always does. Yet […]