My oldest grandma is a 100 years old. To be more exact, three days ago she became a 100 years and a half old. Three days ago, she was also taken to the hospital and is now in intensive care. I think my grandma could die soon and my heart is shrinking. If she does […]
Desde una edad muy temprana los niños cubanos oyen en la casa, en la escuela y en los medios que la atención médica y la educación son gratuitas en Cuba. Todos hemos tenido acceso a vacunas, visitas al dentista, doctores y hospitales listos para recibirnos, a cualquier hora del dÃa o de la noche que […]
For Cubans, the healthiest food of all is the malanga. If you have stomach problems or if you need to feed a newborn you use the miraculous malanga puree. No one would want to use potatoes or rice if they can get a good malanga in their hands. Since I moved to Toronto I have […]
Once more we come back to Canada for the holidays. The year 2012 has been an eventful one for us and we are still trying to decide if we will travel more in 2013 or if it is time to settle and go back to what people call “real life”. I guess we will have […]
If I had only one adjective to describe the Emirates I would probably choose the word “unreal”. There are so many things about the country and its culture that are alien to me that I think I would need a long time there to understand or to at least analyze why things are and function […]
Last weekend we crossed three borders in two days. I am not sure how cool that might sound to people out there but for a Cuban stock on an island the first 24 years of her life is quite grand. Although I do not travel with my Cuban passport no one can take the Cuban […]
