This is a follow up to my post The Cuban Family from last May. In that post I was recalling a conversation I had years ago with a wealthy American girl with Cuban roots. She believed that one day her family would return to the island and claim what Fidel Castro took from them many [...]
Last Friday I thought about a girl I met almost ten years ago. She was from a wealthy Cuban family from Florida and was attending Harvard Medical School. Although she had never been to Cuba, both her parents and grandparents came from there. She told me how her family owned land and [...]
A few weeks ago I read the Culture Shock book on Chile. Before I read the book, I really wanted to visit Chile. After reading the book, I still wanted to see that country, just not as much as before. How did I respond to the Culture Shock book on Cuba?
Culture Shock! Cuba: A Survival [...]
