Walt is on assignment

Ed. here. Walt has left the building, mumbling something about "Rocky Road". I took that to mean he was going to get some ice cream, but a message from Agent 78 says the two of them are going "off the grid, under deep cover, on assignment". Sounds like a vacation to me, but I know nothing more except that they are expected back on June 1st. If there is any of Ma Nifkins' Jellied Gin in the fridge, I may go off the grid too.

VIDEO: Quick! Go see Cuba before the Americans spoil it!

A couple of months ago, when the Prez announced that the Paranoid States of America was finally going to normalize relations with the evil communists lurking just off the Florida coast, Walt kidded Agent 2 -- a regular visitor to Cuba -- that the days of cheap, quiet vacations on the beach would soon be over. The barbarians are at the gates, I said. [That would make a good book title! Ed.]

Turns out my fears of the dire consequences of the arrival of hordes of rotund not-quite-grown children in silly clothes were shared by others, especially Canadians. In spite of the weakness of the Beaverbuck (compared with real money), the snowbirds have for decades been the largest source of tourists for the People's Republic. Why? Could be the horrors of the Canuck winter. Could be that Cuba, alone of the Caribbean sunspots, is the one place Americans couldn't go. Until now.

But is the end of discount holidays for Canadians really over, now that Cubans have taken down the "Yankee go home!" signs and put up new ones reading "Keep Cuba green! Bring American dollars!"? Jury Krytiuk, who's been "selling Cuba" for decades says don't worry about it. Cuba will have to make some changes to accommodate all the Americans who want to visit, and the improvements in infrastructure and the tourism industry will benefit everybody.


For more information on visiting Cuba, visit the A. Nash Travel website. And yes, Jury will be happy to help Americans, Canadians, Ukrainians or anyone else enjoy all that Cuba has to offer. Tell him Walt sent ya! And no, I'm not getting paid for this. It's an unsolicited recommendation!

VIDEO: Look out Florida, the snowbirds are coming!

It's that time of year. There's one thing uppermost in the minds of denizens of the Great Not-so-white North, especially those of a certain age. What are they thinking? "Get me outta here!"



Thanks and a tip o' the toque to Agent 6.