The Wall

We did a question and answer with the students. Most understood English but Oriel translated for those who didn't.  Smart and inquisitive students. Very polite. One of the realities about Cuban life that shocked me even before we arrived was hearing that Game of Thrones was a very popular show there Seriously, who knew?!!?  With that in mind I knew Bernie would be a big hit at the school and she was.  She brought a 4 minute DVD featuring visual effects from the show with her and after it was shown the audience erupted into applause.  Caught me by surprise so can only imagine what Bernie felt. Really made me grin from ear to ear!

We (all but Nancy who was MIA) had a great meeting with Rafael Rosal the General Director of the school. Pleasant, charming and who could be Hector Elizondo's twin brother. Or at least a candidate for "separated at birth."

Am I Wrong?!? In the light blue tee shirt.

Anyway, very productive meeting with an exchange of ideas for how we could each become more involved with the campus. Very positive moment for us all. We were then asked to join the luminaries who had proceeded us and sign a wall. For whatever reason no one was willing to come up with a phrase so I did. I decided FOCUS would work. It worked but the can of spray paint didn't.

Thus the crappy blue yellow combo and by then I just went with it. Bold and beautiful or at least that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

After lunch and more discussion and maybe some drinks my cohorts came up with an additional phrase, Remember This Time. We returned to the wall and each added their names.

 Rory added the phrase. Worked far better with a proper can of spray paint! 

David and Rory

Love this photo of Bernie, Santiago and I. It's now my screen saver.

Oh and did I mention later in the week FOCUS evolved as the anagram 

Fuck Off Claudia U Suck.

Nice to be loved.