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Finding My Havana Home
By: Egle Procuta
Easy as it is to be seduced by a moonlit beach cradled by the ocean and palms, there's no denying I'm a big-city girl: born in Chicago, hung out in Paris in my 20s, living in (and loving) Toronto now. I can?t go long without the adrenalin of urban hustle and flow. And the city I can least imagine living without, whether in reminiscence or real time, is Havana.
Some of my happiest memories were born during the three months I spent in the Cuban capital several years ago, studying Spanish at the University of Havana's excellent language program for foreigners. Weekdays couldn't dawn quickly enough. I'd jump out of bed (and how often can you say that about a Monday morning), eager to hit the road for my leisurely 40-minute walk to class. Every day, I'd take a different route through the verdant side-streets of Vedado