A couple of weeks ago I was out for coffee with a friend and we started talking about how awesome Fidel Castro looks in a track suit, which obviously led to a discussion about whether or not the US would lift the trade embargo when the Castro regime is over, or maybe sooner, considering both Barack Obama and Raul Castro have both publicly questioned its effectiveness. (This is totally normal coffee chat, right?)
The conversation piqued my interest in Cuba, and since then I've been watching Cuban related films (Che: 1&2, Cuban Story, & The Lost City, to name a few) and reading any kind of cuban literature I can find.
Naturally, because it is illegal for me, as an American, to travel there, I'm obsessed, and now I need to travel there.
I've decided that once Emma is old enough to care for herself, I'll take the risk of going via Mexico or Canada (I know people who do this!) but in the meantime I'll stick to cigars and rum and daydreams.
I do hope that eventually I can visit there, legally. It blows my mind that Americans are considered "free" people, but we're restricted from visiting that portion of Earth because of politics. What even?
