Hola de Cuba, I am still exploring and adventuring in La Habana, but I’m hoping to make it out to a beach in the next week or so. My Spanish is slowly improving and I’m beginning to learn the unmarked bus system and roads. This week I made it out to see the house my grandparents lived in which has unceremoniously been turned into government offices, so I can’t say I saw much more than the outside. Saturday I met some distant cousins, but since in Cuba family is family, it was a wonderful homecoming to get to know them and a little bit of their lives.
I have two weeks left here in Habana, and I imagine coming home will be something of a culture shock. But if all goes as planned I will return to Cuba in January as a volunteer. We’ll see, I’m still working out the details of visas and organizations. Thank you to everyone who has emailed. I apologize for not writing back but the internet access is spotty and expensive. But don’t stop writing, I read every bit of it.
Below are three anecdotes I wrote for you all: 1) The one and only extraordinary jaba! (said like hava), 2) The visitor and the toilet, and 3) The toilet paper deliberation. Read them in any order you like. I hope they make you smile and give you a little glimpse of my life here. Besitos.
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