Pearl Seas Cruises, Cuba Cultural Cruises and Hemingway

My foot is itching bad. The only treatment is travel. Pearl Seas Cruises leave south Florida for ten nights and eleven days to "Discover Cuba 2016." Sailing beings March 6, 2016. The last trip is May 5, 2016. It'a s six-deck cruise ship with over 100 rooms. Ship Registry: Republic of the Marshall Islands.  PearlSeasCruises.com/cruises/Cuba-Cultural-Voyage/

Imagine walking through Havana's five Plazas hearing local music, or is it that our Country Western, like it was in Ireland? Colorful fresh produce is piled high giving off  'come hither vibes, 'Take me home with you. I want to nourish your body, mind and spirit.'
Check out Huffingtonpost.com/news/cuban-food/

Hemingway loved Cuba. hemingwaycuba.com/finca-la-vigia.html takes you to his home.

For fishing, check out hemingwaycuba.com/hemingway-fishing-tournament.html

If you have $200K looking for a home, and you're interested in an autographed, used/First Edition of E Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises," run, don't walk, to
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?Ernest+Hemingway&bi=0&bx=off&ds=50&pics=on&recentlyadded=all&sortby=1&x=57&y=8. There's only one.
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Don't expect Cuba to be like home. There will be inconveniences. My sister-in-law said," If you want the comforts of home, stay there." Princess Di told her boys not to make a fuss when their meal wasn't just like home; "People will get the idea you are hard to get along with."

It's been so long since we had a relationship with Cuba, I pray all who go there enter humbly with open hearts and kindness toward all. How we treat them will determine whether they want us to come back or send our money and stay home.

©2015 Red Convertible Travel Series

Super Bowl 47 2013

Good for morale. Good for the economy.

Who do you think's going to win?  I think SF will, but what do I know?  I haven't been in the stands to watch either of them.  Whoever wins, it will be hashed and rehashed a long time.  Right now my concern is making spinach balls and hot mustard sauce to take to a party.

I wish I was in New Orleans today for the game and the food.  I'm in Mississippi, but ours is different.  When I googled Super Bowl food, I found huffingtonpost.com/carolyn-scott/healthy-and-vegan-super-bowl-food_b_2585699.html.  She also has a book I'm ordering. The Healthy Voyager's Global Kitchen-150 Plant Based Recipes From Around The World. 

Miss Carolyn has a great blog post on healthy and vegan eating in The Big Easy, Chocolate City, New Orleans.
   Briefly: Try the TheGumboShop.com for great Cajun cooking.
   For great coffee and veggie sandwiches, it's royalblendcoffee.com
   If you're interested in Latin veggie and vegan, try lamacarena.com
   For African vegan, go to bennachinrestaurant.com
   And for veggies and gluten free, it's cafecarmo.com

Here's to a great game and great food!

2013 Red Convertible Travel Series