Viva La Cuba

¡Viva la Cuba!

I remember watching The Buena Vista Social Club documentary for the first time. It was 1999. The award-winning documentary featured an American guitarist and his son traveling to Cuba to record an album with some of the country’s greatest music legends. I was instantly smitten. The classic cars, the crumbling architecture, the soulful sound of …

Valletta, Malta

Discovering Magnificent Malta

Situated south of Sicily and north of the African mainland, the archipelago of Malta is perfectly placed at the center of the Mediterranean Sea.  The archipelago consists of three islands: Malta, Gozo and Comino and combined, measures only a mere 27 miles in length.  What it lacks in size, it makes up for in stunning …

Quito

Te Amo Quito

A year ago, for the first time in my life, I traveled down to South America. I only visited one country… in fact, only one city… but with all the adventures and incredible experiences I had in that week and a half, I could have traveled the entire continent. Quito, Ecuador is unlike any other …

Parade Gardens, Bath

Who Can Ever Be Tired of Bath?

“Oh! Who can be ever tired of Bath?’ Jane Austen penned this famous line in Northanger Abbey, a satirical Gothic tale and coming of age novel originally published in 1803.  After spending some time in Bath, I couldn’t agree more. We traveled to Bath by train from London’s Paddington Station.  The journey was a quick 90-minute …