Saturday, May 10: Saturday morning, we were very grateful for Jose’s dad.  Jose had set the alarm on his phone to go off at 6am because we had to be in the lobby with our luggage at 7:00.  When he got up, he was supposed to phone his dad.  At 6:15, our phone rang, and [...]

Friday, May 9: Last day in Cuba. We took it easy in the morning, finally having nothing to rush off to. It was delicious to sleep in, and for the first time in a few days I wasn’t tired. I wanted to take some scenic pictures of the beach and stuff, so Jose and I [...]

Tuesday, May 6th: With Tuesday being the day before the wedding, we didn’t want to do anything too drastic so that we’d be exhausted for the wedding. We decided that it would be a good day to go to town and visit the markets for a little shopping. Heading into Varadero required that we take [...]

Monday, May 5: Once again, Jose and I took the unheard of luxury of sleeping in. We went to the beach again, and this is where it’s getting hard for me to remember what went on. We did so much, and went to the beach and the pool and the piano bar, etc. so often [...]

Sunday, May 4: Sunday started out slow and lazy – exactly the way it should be your first official day on vacation. Jose and I woke up late, ate breakfast at the buffet which was quickly becoming our favourite place to eat, and wandered down to the beach where we sat under a cabana and [...]

Saturday, May 3: The hotel was beautiful, and we knew we were in for a great week. When we were able to get into our room (so beautiful with marble floors and two double beds pushed together – rather odd), we had showers to rinse off the travel dust and got into our swimsuits. It [...]

Jose and I just spent a week in Cuba, and man, was it awesome! We went for Jose’s sister’s wedding, and so we traveled with a group of about 30. I thought I’d do a day-by-day account to fill you in on our vacation. Friday, May 2 – Saturday, May 3: Friday morning we loaded [...]

Julia had her first taste of solid food yesterday… if you can call very runny rice cereal solid! She loved it! She was very excited about it, and it was like she has always been eating from a spoon.  As soon as I put the spoon near her mouth, she opened up, then closed her [...]