destination

Havana

Can’t speak highly enough about Havana. It’s like stepping back into the 1940’s, 1950’s and 60‘s. The ingenuity and spirit of the Cuban people is amazing, showing up best in the loving care and attention paid to keeping old American cars from the post-war period running and looking beautiful. Walking around the streets of the old town is sublime - much of the 16th Century Spanish colonial architecture has been restored. The people are wonderful and friendly. The Rum is cheap and delicious and music seems to be playing everywhere. The food, notoriously bad given the economic impositions of the government, is starting to improve as individual proprietors are allowed to open up small restaurants, ”paladars”, and do well leveraging fresh local ingredients.