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Category Archives: Guatemala
The curious story of Chanel the cat, rumba at Palenque and more bad times in Guatemala.
A few weeks ago a kitten appeared one night on our terrace in front of the sea, Rafa found her and brought her inside. She was so tiny I thought she was a hamster. The next day our little dog … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Cuba, culture, Family, Guatemala
Tagged Chanel, cuba, dog adopts cat, EL Gran Palenque, genocide, Guatemala, Havana, justice, kitten, Rios Montt, rumba
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Don’t cry for me Guatemala …….
Don’t cry for me Guatemala, the truth is I never left you…….. Well I did. We did. And a couple of weeks ago I went back with my family, with my 3 Guatemalan hybrids and without my Guatemalan and it … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Family, Film, Guatemala
Tagged ( years, Buenos Aires, children, Guatemala, Hybrid Guatemalan, hypocrisy, Lecciones para una guerra, mother, Palermo, prison, senredipity, volcanoes, wife
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Family life, my first Havana Birthday and the first US official visit to the Film School
We have been here just over 6 months now and my family is settling into a new rhythm. I have just celebrated my first Birthday in Cuba, and for the first time in years, I didn’t organise anything, as being … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Children, Cuba, culture, Family, Guatemala
Tagged art, bilingual, CHief of Mission, cuba, drugs, EICTV, film school, French, Habana, Havana, James Bond, JEFF, John Caulfield, Latin America, Plaza de Cathedral, rugby in Cuba, US INterest Section, violence
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New Latin American Cinema ……… and me.
The dust is settling on yet another Latin American Film Festival. I am becoming a veteran of these events, which is rather strange for a person who has never made a film in her life, Latin or otherwise. I am … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Children, Cuba, culture, Family, Fashion, Film, Guatemala, Music, UK
Tagged British Guatemalan Co productionsFundacion del neuvo cine latin americano, British Mum in Cuba, EICTV, EL Nacional HOtel, Guadalajara film festival, Habana, Havana, Havana Film Festival, Icaro Film Festival, James Bone, serendipity or madness
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Life is surreal ……. but I like it
I sat in the auditorium of the Museo de Belles Artes last night listening to some great British actors delivering a beautiful collection of Pinter’s plays and poems finishing with his incredibly powerful acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Children, Cuba, culture, Family, Film, Guatemala, UK
Tagged CHines video installations, cuba, EU, Habana, half term, Havana Vieja, Hemmingway Museum, Institue of Modern Art, Museo de Belles Artes, Nigeria, Nobel Peace Prize for Literature, Pinter, Roger Lloyd Pack, surreal, UN, United Nations Day
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Our house, the party and the French lover who fled the country
Our first party in our wonderful house all went very well. Everyone from the film school helped me to make it a success. Maeda arrived with flowers to fill the house from San Antonio and then a team of caterers … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Children, Cuba, culture, Family, Film, Guatemala
Tagged 25 years, 99 military beach club, a little gem, AL Capone, barman, Caribbean, Casinos, coco loco, cuba, Cubanacan, EICTV, Fidel, film script, FLores, Francesita, French lover, Fulgencio Batista, Guatemala gangsters, Habana, Habana Club, JFK, Mafia, party, primer avenida, Protocol House of EICTV, tranquility
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Cuban Police and me ……..
I have just spent 8 years living in a country where the police are ………… quite frankly a joke. In fact, they are worse than that, they are a corrupt bunch of people who I would not call if anything … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Cuba, culture, Family, Film, Guatemala
Tagged ALliance Francaise, corruption, cuba, Cuban police, French, Guatemala, Havana, impunity, La Habana, police, police chase, quetzales, Quinta, rapes, school zone, yellow line
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In Limbo in Habana
My life has begun here in Havana but I still feel a little bit in limbo, mainly because the school term hasn’t begun for Rafa or the children …….. but after a few amateur mistakes, things are falling into place … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Cuba, culture, Family, Film, Guatemala, Uncategorized
Tagged amateur, baguettes in Havana, Chrysler Voyager, cook, cuba, France, French, French International school Havana, Guatemala, Habana, Havana, international school, Juventud, mac external modem, marriage, nanny, role, rugby in Cuba, Thai Chi, traffic
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Arrived in Cuba and dialing up my internet!
I bet you have all forgotten what that sounds like. I have to admit to feeling very nostalgic when I heard that old familiar noise. Sorry for my absence from the blogsphere but the last few weeks have been a … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Cuba, culture, Family, Guatemala, UK, Uncategorized
Tagged Amy WInehouse, blogging, British Society, cuba, dial up, England, food, friendly Cubans, girlfriends, Habana, honeymoon, riots, tropical juices
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Global Mum
We finally moved out of Guatemala, and are on our way to Cuba via the UK. So much has happened in the last few days that I don´t know how to coherently write it all down but feel I must … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Cuba, Family, Film, Guatemala, UK
Tagged Antigua Guatemala, Casacomal, communications, Cotswolds, cuba, flowers, gardens, Habana, jetlag, recycling, USB, Virgin Atlantic
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