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Coming from Polish family to a Cuban one, meanwhile having a great single life in Lisbon was a shock. It still is. I remember my parents talking about comunist Poland and remembering how everybody was different, how people cared about each other, how they didn't close the door because there were people stopping by couple … Continue reading 🇬🇧 My Big Laud Cuban Family
I wrote before how my rented little house looks like. Now I would like to show you how most of the Cubans live like. Beside of bigger cities most of the population live in the wooden houses. Wood is still the cheapest material and the construction is pretty easy and fast. Those houses are usually … Continue reading 🇬🇧 Living in Cuba: living conditions
It´s been 2 weeks since I moved to Viñales. Not a long time, I know. It still feels like a holiday sometimes. But living with Cubans instead of being locked in a hotel has already given me some lessons. This is how my life has already changed in past two weeks. 1. I'm not vegetarian … Continue reading 🇬🇧 Things that changed since I moved to Cuba
Food in Cuba is rather...limited. In all the ways. In one hand there's rationing system so things like rice, eggs, oil, beans are provided and may be bought for "libreta" which is a little book where it's written how much of each product you have a right to buy. Since Cuba almost don't import anything … Continue reading 🇬🇧 Living in Cuba: food
I thought I lived in a latin country while living in Portugal. I was so wrong 😉 When living in Lisbon I thought I was living in a laid back country. Portuguese are almost never on time and take life less seriously than Polish people for example. And then I moved to Cuba... I mean, … Continue reading 🇬🇧 Cuban Lifestyle
We have just moved in Until the new house is ready we are renting a small wooden country house close to Fidel´s mum. The rent is payable and we still can be very close to the center of Viñales. Cuban houses are small and pretty basic. I brought some stuff from IKEA like … Continue reading 🇬🇧 My Cuban House
It´s today In few moments I´m boarding my one way flight to Havana. And I have to say it. I will miss every square meter of this city. It was an 8 beautiful years and even if I´m excited about the change, new projects and my new life, leaving it´s harder than I thought it … Continue reading 🇬🇧 Ha llegado el momento
Just came back from Warsaw Today I went to visit our beautiful capital to take care of all the documents I need to get the family visa and then to marry Fidel. Below I leave you all the steps you have to take if you plan to marry a foreigner abroad. 1 ) First I … Continue reading 🇬🇧 Marrying a Foreigner? A piece of cake. An expensive one.
I´m leaving the hostel today... It´s my last Sunday at Goodmorning Hostel after...8 years. I´m checking in the last guests, making sure I finish all my tasks, chating with the cleaning ladies over a cup of coffee. Working here was one the best thing that happened to me. I met so many cool people, made friendships … Continue reading 🇬🇧 The last shift
Things to do in the western part of Cuba. The best places to visit if you're heading west. 1) Las Terrazas A lot of people stop in Las Terrazas on the way to Viñales. As my friend Hampus said, it´s a weird, soviet style, utopian community. And I could not explain it better. Las Terazzas … Continue reading 🇬🇧 West from Havana
Fidel´s Girl 