For all my friends who may check in with me at this site...

Here I am. Finally happy to be home. I miss my Ottawa friends and hope you all are doing well.

arts and crafts

Today I went to do stained glass with my friend Lisa. It was so much fun to be free and creative. My theme: moonlight skinnydipping.

Bottom:This is a "Coconut" taxi. It's basically a shell on a motorcycle , cheap transportation for two people at about 2 pesos for a short trip around Varadero.

There were lots of transportation options for the tourists, antique cars,horse and carriage, taxis etc.

Top: This is a "Camel" - a converted trailer that holds about 200 people. Up to half the buses that Cuba had imported before the embargo have broken down, and they can no longer get the parts to put them back on the road. So they use their ingenuity. Apparently, there are a lot of clever mechanics in Cuba.

Every bar in Havana claims Hemingway frequented it... and it's possible he did! La Floridita probably has the best claim of all. It's known as " la cuna del daiquiri" Or "the cradle of the daiquiri". I definately felt at home here. The band at the doorway asked what I wanted to hear them play , and I said "anything but 'Guantanamera' ", which is basically the Cuban "Danny Boy"- often sung poorly, but beautiful in the right hands.

Hasta La Victoria Siempre!!!

Back from Cuba!!! This is Che Guevara, guerillista heroica de Cuba. This picture was taken in Revolution Square in Havana where Castro gives his public addresses. The Square itself looks suspiciously like a parking lot...
Che is everywhere, like a Cuban Christ.

I'll post pictures over the next little while. It's a fascinating country.

(But what happens in Cuba, stays in Cuba.;-})

Happy Holidays!!!!!!

Lame excuse

If I want you

It's because you fit a mold

in my mind

you fill criteria

I've not set down

but have been with me

for millenia

would you like a drink?

It's nothing personal...