I always wanted to go to Cuba. I can clearly remember the first time I was introduced to the beautiful and cultural Caribbean island – it was when I first saw the movie Dirty dancing: Havana nights. I bet a lot of you fell in love with Cuba do to the same movie as well. The music, the dance, and all that represented Cuba played a big part in me being interested in visiting it one day. You grew older, you get to know more about the history and culture of the island and with all the knowledge, the interest grew stronger.

You can imagine how exited I was when we bought our flight tickets and when we actually arrived in Cuba.  

-So excited!

We decided that we want to see as much as we could in 2 weeks’ time that we had, therefore we were all in for backpacking through Cuba. We were new to this kind of travel and in addition, it was our first time that we travel together somewhere that far and first time for my man to go on a flight longer than 5 hours. We were excited and at the same time a bit anxious.

We read Arijan read some books, some tourist guides about Cuba and we saw some good documentaries regarding Cuba (exp. Cuba and the Cameraman). However, we still could not imagine the real struggles that Cubans go through every day. Even when you are there and when you speak with the locals, it is still hard to imagine it.

First few days in Havana were the hardest for us - you are trying to adapt to a different culture, different way of communicating and in general, trying to understand locals’ way of living. After all, it was the first time that we experienced cultural shock. I will not lie, even at the end of our travel, it was still hard, but you get more used to it.

Moreover, Cuba stole our hearts. <3 There is something about the people, vibes of the cities and Cuban culture that suck you in.

And we will go back! We will definitely be coming back to this beautiful island.

I know that first day of spring happened almost 2 weeks ago, but here in London, today is the first day that really feels like it.

I won't lie, official first day of spring started very promising – sunshine knocking on windows early in the morning, birds cheerfully tweeting and parks covered in fields of yellow daffodils filled with playing dogs and their owners. However, feeling of spring quickly vanished and London was greeted by rainy days. You are probably thinking - rainy days are normal for London, what did you expect. Well, I was going back and forth from Ljubljana to London for more than a year, and now that I’ve been living here for 5 months, I can tell you one thing - rain here is usually a quick shower and you really do not even need an umbrella. But the past few days were cover in rain and umbrella was my favourite accessorize.

So when I woke up today into clear blue sky with warmth of a sunshine, feeling fresh as a daisy, the picture perfect view screamed that the real SPRING is finally here. Let’s hope it is here to stay!

I am sitting next to my open window, not feeling cold at all and as I am writing this, I can see nature waking up – green parrots gathering on the blossoming tree, squirrel digging up some old nuts and on the other part of the garden burying them back again, neighbours’ cats sunbathing on the rooftops of the garden sheds and wherever I look I can see trees blossoming.

This is for sure one of my favourite seasons, after all streets are covered in pink blossoms.