A week in Santiago de Cuba – Rose’s Testimonial

Rose Osborn in Cuba Testimonial

Dear BEST, I’m happy to try to give some feedback about our week in Santiago de Cuba. First, Waldo was fantastic as a guide. We really valued his advice, and he knew all the best places to go and found a wonderful taxi driver for us. You asked about safety. There was no problem with safety. There were people in Santiago de Cuba who kind of hassled us and would not leave us alone, but they seemed…

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Shirley Douglas: Feelings about my Trip to Cuba with BEST Programs

Trip to Cuba

MY FEELINGS ABOUT MY FIRST WEEK IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA WITH BEST PROGRAMS: CONTACTS, FRIENDS, AND DESIRE TO RETURN SOON By Shirley Douglas (December, 2015) From the first night when BEST´s Cuban representative, Waldo Regueiferos and I met at the airport I felt a connection to Santiago de Cuba. Perhaps it was his smile of welcome, or that he spoke to me in Spanish as if we were friends. Perhaps it had something to do with the…

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Katherine Sartain’s Testimony: Working in Madrid

Working in Madrid

I am typing this from my apartment in Madrid, Spain, where I will be living and working until August 1st. And I cannot be more excited, to say the least. Most people looked at me like a martian with a death wish when inquiring about my upcoming summer plans, given my success rate of a similar experience last summer. If not that, a subtle “Thats awesome, are your parents insane?” expression was a close second. Not that…

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