and it has been on the top of my bucket list for many years

was Cuba.

I just recently returned from Cuba and

what a great experience it was.

The Cuban society is very very much in the art world, be it music

art or dance.

The city is surrounded by art work we went into a neighborhood where

the bus stops and the homes the front of the homes looked

Gaudi architecture like Barcelona.

One of the suburbs we went to literally made street signs and street

statues out of trash.

Out of hubcaps out of steering wheels

things that you just are throwing away and

they create something magnificent out of it.

Not to mention the cars . . .

its exciting to see the old 50's Chevys and Cadillacs

so that was fun.

The music is everywhere you go every restaurant we went to

there was a band playing.

In the streets the old men play their drums and guitars and

get up and dance and the women do the same and

it it's just it art just permeates the country and

in every every shape and form and its

just enjoyable to watch so if you like music and art you'll love Cuba

Keep in mind when you travel to Cuba being a communist country and has been

closed off for

quite a while certainly from the United States, you do need

to travel with a licensed company.

You're not free to roam and go about where you please.

The standard of accommodations

would not be as we have in the united States anyway,

what we consider five star is

almost non-existent. What they consider five-star

is the equivalent of our four-star.

And so it's not perfect by American standards anyway

but as long as you go with an open mind I think you'll have a great time.

The sooner you go the better.

It will open up to the United States eventually but I think it's best to go

before any of that happens and you get to see the true

culture of these people how wonderful they are.