Jul 15, 2009
Immigration Officers at New York.. not representative of USA
Where do they get them from? Arrived at the EWR international airport after a swift and smooth flight from Paris. There were only two people in front of me at…
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Jul 15, 2009
Thalasso in Quiberon
In Brittany with its wild coast and a lifestyle tied to the sea, for a couple of hundred of years, they had discovered the medicinal properties of sea water and…
Jul 15, 2009
Last Saturday in Havana and this Saturday…
I am at the Quiberon peninsula, which may have been an island once upon a time but lying across from off shore islands inBrittany, this is a quiet place, to…
Jul 15, 2009
Happy Birthday America and Shabbat Shalom
I have made so many good friends who now live or have lived in the United States of America..some are forgotten and others remain close to my heart as the…
Jul 15, 2009
Cuban Heart and Parisian Mind and Sefardi Stomach
Newly found Love for Paris One thing you would learn living in Cuba is that you are curious about most things and you become very observant. when you show someone…
Jul 15, 2009
Cultural Frankensteins of Cuba
Cultural Frankenstein How the foreigners fail to transact symbols in Cuba. Sometimes, it is interesting to see a Cuban walking by, and your immediate thought is Here goes a cultural…
Jun 15, 2009
Shabbat Shalom and Kaddish for Cecil Helman
Shabbat Shalom from San Cristobal de la Habana 26 th June 2009 I have missed lighting the shabbat candles, this past Friday I was at a hotel in Omaha, Nebraska;…
Jun 15, 2009
Nothing is predictable in La Habana
The last day in Havana. 26 th June 2009 Where was I on 26 th May? Where would I be on 26 th July? When you are in Havana, you…
Jun 15, 2009
Cuban Generosity of Educating poor foreigners
Day 4 Havana Woke up in the middle of the night feeling unwell, and that was to continue for the rest of the day. This became a day of rest.…
Jun 15, 2009
Por que yo soy revolucionario/a?
Day 3 La Habana Diaries 23 June 2009 I will tell you why I am a revolutionary I was sitting in a verandah of a colonial house lined with plants,…
Jun 15, 2009
About the Five Good Friends I had come to see
Day 3 in Havana. Early Morning. As usual, another night of deep sleep. During the week with the Indians, the sleep was so disturbed, waking up at 2 am and…
Jun 15, 2009
Vedado, mi barrio de la Habana
Monday Afternoon, Day 2 in La Habana. 22 June 2009 Is today the Equinox? Whatever day it is, it s a hot day here in La habana. Only people who…