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This Happened To Me

Matthew Clapham in Iberospherical

An illustration of a wizard-like figure with a cape and huge black beret, conjuring a swirling flock of multicoloured berets and caps

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Have Beret — Will Travel

The inspired headgear that took me on its own madcap…

Eunice Rabert Hernández in Iberospherical

THIS HAPPENED TO ME

The Day I Vowed to Protect My Mother: A Child’s Encounter with Betrayal

Eunice Rabert Hernández in Iberospherical

Two young women stand on a white sand beach

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A Day at the Melia: Sneaking Past Cuba’s Hotel Ban for Cuban Citizens

Juliette Williams in Iberospherical

A view of the author seated in front of a lake with a snow-capped volcano in the distance.

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Chasing My Chilean Dream

Love, loss, and unexpected endings in the south of…

Eunice Rabert Hernández in Iberospherical

The Time I Almost Died Going to Baracoa, Cuba

How a harrowing journey on Cuba’s most dangerous road…

Kat De Moor in Iberospherical

Mexican folk dance skirts and feet in movement

Cielito Lindo: The Melody That Changed My Life

A tale of cross-cultural encounters and unexpected…

Eunice Rabert Hernández in Iberospherical

A rickety bus on a cobbled street in Cuba

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How Do You Drive a Bus to Havana, Cuba, Without Wheels?

When Determination…

Matthew Clapham in Iberospherical

The view looking out to sea from a rudimentary wood and palm frond structure on a tropical beach

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From Paradise to Perdition on a Venezuelan Beach

Whatever happened to the guy…

Eunice Rabert Hernández in Iberospherical

Former Cuban president Raúl Castro in military uniform casts a vote in a blue ballot box, flanked by two schoolchildren and the Cuban flag

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The Revolution Didn’t Buy My Socks

Small acts of defiance in the face of a…

R C Hammond 😎 in Iberospherical

A story about moving from Oregon in the US to Norway and ending up in Spain.

How In The Heck Did We End Up In Galicia, Spain? The NW Area To Be More Exact

From Norway via Oregon…