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Vagaries of airline schedules are such that it took me a long time to get to Siem Reap from Quiberon in France. After a rest and waiting out the stormy…
I have already quoted the poem in another blog.. but today is 29 October and tomorrow 30 October.. Both pleasant days of October Especially this October which has been more…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE --> THE MAGIC OCTOBER CONTINUES Today is 26 th October 2019 On 26 th September I was in Lisbon, Portugal catching a…
Porfirio Diaz the Mexican Dictator seemed to have implied; Pobre Mexico, tan circa de Estados Unidos y tan lejos de Dios We, in Cuba, has something to offer the poor…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE SAUDADE FOR IRAN Saudade is my favourite Portuguese word, which has been translated into many forms of nostalgia, anoransa en Spanish, longings…
WHAT A LOVELY END Loves have only grown.. CUBA my home, the numerous brothers and sister that I toil for.. a glass of Chenin Blanc from an Indian winery, ah…
After I had delivered a talk at the annual conference of Endocrinology in 2019, an Argentine doctor said she needed an explanation: This is my first visit to Cuba, she…
KINDNESS IN THE TIME OF DIFFICULTIES I have always wondered why the Cubans who live in the island are so kind and demonstrate a sense of solidarity that one rarely…
I had arrived at Amsterdam Schipol Airport from Corinthia Corentin region of Austria the day before, four hours by train from its capital Klagenfort to Vienna and a short Austrian…
I have just returned to Miami after a 10 day trip to Europe in which I discovered a lovely part of Austria and also ventured into the mountainous parts of…
It is 31 July 2019 and I recollect pleasantly what a wonderful month of travel it has been for me Began the month of July in La Havana being well…
It is always the same, the day before departure, I feel a tinge of sadness, cannot explain why, it is the sadness of a good bye, a temporary permanence now…