This post will be a shorter one tonight. I have one more post after this and I will conclude my Cuba Blogs for this trip. I do so hope I will do another this next year, there is so much to learn, to see and hopefully to give back to these beautiful people.
The Cuban people are highly educated. Education is free.
University is free but there are not the jobs or enticements to do more with what is learned.
English is the second language to know, then French. I saw two campuses for the University of Havana. There may be more but one was a beautiful building, well maintained and it appears it one time was a mansion. Another is a beautiful structure that is centered in the middle of the city. (I think is the middle.) So unlike 3rd world countries where poverty levels are high, and the people need to learn to get out their poverty, the Cuban's have knowledge but no way to utilize it.
Music, is amazing. There are street musicians that are magnificent. They were many of these talented entertainers.
We attended a wonderful concert in Ceinfuegos. The city in the main square has been restored to a magnificent city. We were taken to a restored theater. It reminded me of something from the early 1900's. The wooden seats, the balcony's, the architecture and the art on the inside took us back to a time that is no more. We were provided with a concert. 20 singers, acapella, theater about 80+ degrees, the stage warmer and the performance outstanding. I hope you can enjoy this very brief taste of our concert.
Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us. Martin Luther
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