We are reminiscing about early Thanksgivings in the United States. Those sad due to loss or loneliness, the happy family re-encuentros (the reunions), and the ones that escaped us as we tried to adapt to new temperatures, a language, and culture. In the early days of our exile, if we were lucky, there would be a bodega within walking distance, but many only had American grocery stores nearby.

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Estamos recordando los primeros días de Acción de Gracias en los Estados Unidos. Los tristes por la pérdida o la soledad, los reencuentros familiares felices, y los que se escapaban mientras tratábamos de adaptarnos a las nuevas temperaturas, a un idioma y a una cultura. En los primeros días de nuestro exilio, si teníamos suerte, habría una bodega a poca distancia, pero muchos solo tenían tiendas de americanas.

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If you saw him walking down the street you would immediately recognize him as the happiest man on Facebook, well and maybe in Stockholm and the world! His mantra is: don't forget to be happy.

He is often seen singing Mexican music accompanied by family and friends who live in Sweden. And if not singing, he invites us to enter his kitchen to delight us with his Cuban Holguin gastronomy.

We definitely see that where we land, we make community, and for this episode, we send a warm greeting to the Cubans living in Nordic countries – a thousand in Finland, a few in Denmark, 600 in Norway, 3 thousand in Sweden, and 5 thousand in Iceland.

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Since the last episode, The Green Plantain and yours truly visited Greece and Turkey on a tour that took our family to the ruins of Akrotiri in Santorini, Greece. Akrotiri is not a place of fantasy; it is a prehistoric city whose excavation takes its name from a modern village set on a nearby hill because the site's name in antiquity is not known.

This is a historical fiction story of friendship and serendipity in antiquity and modern times. The young girl's name is Eleni, a nod to our excellent guide in Athens.

Desde el último episodio, el Green Plantain y yo visitamos a Grecia y Turquía en un recorrido que llevó a nuestra familia a las ruinas de Akrotiri en Santorini, Grecia. Akrotiri no es un lugar de fantasía; Se trata de una ciudad prehistórica cuya excavación toma su nombre de un pueblo moderno situado en una colina cercana porque no se conoce el nombre del lugar en la antigüedad.

Esta es una historia de ficción histórica de amistad y serendipia en la antigüedad y los tiempos modernos. La joven se llama Eleni, un guiño a nuestra excelente guía en Atenas.

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A reading of Chapter 17 - Florida Snorkeling from the book Now I Swim

Riverside Love - Part 2 concludes the love story of Marta Anisia Mouriño Faes and René Julio Riquelme Babé, written by their daughter, Marta Mayer.

Amor Riverside - Part2 2 - Concluye la historia de amor de Marta Anisia Mouriño Faes y René Julio Riquelme Babé, escrita por su hija, Marta Mayer.

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I never tire of sharing Cuban love stories and how, despite often coinciding with the challenges of exile, they give us hope, a sense of continuity, and admiration.

This is the love story of Marta Anisia Mouriño Faes and René Julio Riquelme Babé, written by their daughter, Marta Mayer.

No me canso de compartir historias de amor cubanas y cómo, que a pesar de coincidir muchas veces con los desafíos del exilio, nos dan esperanza, un sentido de continuidad y admiración. Esta es la historia de amor de Marta Anisia Mouriño Faes y René Julio Riquelme Babé, escrita por su hija, Marta Mayer.

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Manuel Barrio-Costolla's trip to Cuba in 1914 from Santiago de Compostela, Spain, was fraught with uncertainty and danger. Despite his enthusiasm and determination to start a new life, the events of World War I cast a shadow over his plans. But love was on the horizon.

El viaje de Manuel Barrio-Costolla a Cuba en 1914 desde Santiago de Compostela, España, estuvo lleno de incertidumbre y peligro. A pesar de su entusiasmo y determinación de comenzar una nueva vida, los eventos de la Primera Guerra Mundial ensombrecieron sus planes. Pero el amor estaba en el horizonte.

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Dunia and her husband usually stroll around the Manzanillo glorieta in the evenings, but not tonight when the rainy day gave way to more rain, mugginess, and a suffocating evening.

Dunia y su marido suelen pasear por la glorieta de manzanillo por las tardes, pero no esta noche, cuando el día lluvioso dio paso a más lluvia, y una noche pegajosa sofocante.

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