My favorite holiday


The greatest holiday that I’ve ever had was a trip to Cuba, a few years ago. I travelled with my mother and my sister, and we choose that country for our vacations because we thought that the spanish language could make easier our visiting. They were interested in the caribbean weather, the amenities of the hotels and their typical drinks (as mojitos). In my case, despite I don’t believe anymore that a political system could be the key to build a fairer world, I felt that I needed to know the country in South-America were the socialist revolution had “reached the victory” -I emphasize the quotation marks-. Besides, I listened Silvio Rodríguez and other cuban artists, and I read some poetry too. We could toured a lot of cities, but La Habana was our favorite. It was like the time had stopped, because the buildings and the cars were very old, probably before 1959. When we were in Cuba, Fidel Castro was still alive, but I could perceive that the utopia was slowly falling down.

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