There hasn't been too much to report the past week. I've been taking two 90-minute salsa classes each day and Brendy has had percussion classes in the morning and joined me for the later dance class. We have decided to return back to Trinidad and Vinales for Brendy's last week and then I will either take a 15-hour bus ride or a 90 minute domestic flight across the country to explore the east coast.
And now, a few random Cuban facts:
There are 4 TV channels: one news channel, one channel with kids programming and educational shows, one for sports, and one for entertainment. In the evenings many of the movies and shows are in English with Spanish subtitles, but sometimes those are just dubbed over. There are no commercials though, which allowed me to watch Justin Bieber's Never Say Never in its uninterrupted entirety.
When you want to join a line for something, you call out "ultimo (last)." The previous ultimo identifies himself, and you know that it is your turn after that person goes. When the next person wants to join the line you identify yourself as the ultimo, and the chain continues. This way you don't have to stand in line as long as you don't wander too far off. I never fully trusted this system and always stayed close by, but it worked every time.
Finally, I don't know what kind of dog this is but its one of the most hideous creatures I've ever seen. And they are everywhere!
So ugly in fact that he won me over.
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