I was just watching the Rolling Stones land in Cuba for the first time and it came to me, what if Princey were to play there? Would you go?

Now that he's all friendly with the Prez and Flotus and has played a secret show for them, it could happen.

His bffs, Jay and Bouncy have already been there too.

I just saw the news item on the Stones in Cuba. The doors are wide open. Prince should go there. I wanna go, too.

purplethunder3121 said:

I just saw the news item on the Stones in Cuba. The doors are wide open. Prince should go there. I wanna go, too.

Cuba deserves to see the miracle of Minnesota!

^ So does Iceland.

If there's some money to be made...sure he will

purplethunder3121 said:

I just saw the news item on the Stones in Cuba. The doors are wide open. Prince should go there. I wanna go, too.

me too. i've been looking into going there. the door is not yet wide open, but soon ,it will be.

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XxAxX said:

purplethunder3121 said:

I just saw the news item on the Stones in Cuba. The doors are wide open. Prince should go there. I wanna go, too.

me too. i've been looking into going there. the door is not yet wide open, but soon ,it will be.

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there's a shortage of hotels in havana. i was fantasizing about buying an old hotel and rehabbing it.... probably the result of watching one too many episodes of property brothers....

I've known people who travelled there in recent years... A great alternative option is renting a room from a local family who takes in tourist boarders to make extra income. Don't ask me about resources; I'll have to ask those who did it.

TheDigitalGardener said:

^ So does Iceland.

Hey, make you own thread....

purplethunder3121 said:

XxAxX said:

me too. i've been looking into going there. the door is not yet wide open, but soon ,it will be.

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there's a shortage of hotels in havana. i was fantasizing about buying an old hotel and rehabbing it.... probably the result of watching one too many episodes of property brothers....

I've known people who travelled there in recent years... A great alternative option is renting a room from a local family who takes in tourist boarders to make extra income. Don't ask me about resources; I'll have to ask those who did it.

Recently they have also allowed people to open restaurants in their homes. I've heard from people who visited that it's much better than the state owned joints.

It would be interesting for Prince to be among the first to play there since normalized relations. Don't tell nobody but I hear he loves him some latinas too,

babynoz said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

^ So does Iceland.

Hey, make you own thread....

I hope not. Not until Cuba allows free elections for their people. People get all sucked into this sideshow without looking at the facts.

purplethunder3121 said:

XxAxX said:

me too. i've been looking into going there. the door is not yet wide open, but soon ,it will be.

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there's a shortage of hotels in havana. i was fantasizing about buying an old hotel and rehabbing it.... probably the result of watching one too many episodes of property brothers....

I've known people who travelled there in recent years... A great alternative option is renting a room from a local family who takes in tourist boarders to make extra income. Don't ask me about resources; I'll have to ask those who did it.

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i've been watching (tto many?) episodes of Property Brothers and fantasizing about buying an old hotel in Havana and renovating it. there aren't any hotels there right now (or not enough) so i was thinking buy this one and fix it up, make a fortune in the next five years:

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SmiggyG said:

I hope not. Not until Cuba allows free elections for their people. People get all sucked into this sideshow without looking at the facts.

Are you Cuban?

purplethunder3121 said:

XxAxX said:

me too. i've been looking into going there. the door is not yet wide open, but soon ,it will be.

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there's a shortage of hotels in havana. i was fantasizing about buying an old hotel and rehabbing it.... probably the result of watching one too many episodes of property brothers....

I've known people who travelled there in recent years... A great alternative option is renting a room from a local family who takes in tourist boarders to make extra income. Don't ask me about resources; I'll have to ask those who did it.

Casa particulares.....most people who travel to Cuba do that. So did I . A huge chunk of the money goes to the government, and if families are not successful with renting out a room to tourists they lose their licence and their source of income.

I stayed with an elderly lady, a former maths teacher, right in the center of Old Havanna.

babynoz said:

purplethunder3121 said:

I've known people who travelled there in recent years... A great alternative option is renting a room from a local family who takes in tourist boarders to make extra income. Don't ask me about resources; I'll have to ask those who did it.

Recently they have also allowed people to open restaurants in their homes. I've heard from people who visited that it's much better than the state owned joints.

It would be interesting for Prince to be among the first to play there since normalized relations. Don't tell nobody but I hear he loves him some latinas too,

They have had those private restaurants for quite some time now.

The state owned restaurants are overpriced and not that great. I found eating (or rather, looking for something edible) a pain in the ass in Cuba and got into arguments very often. The service is terrible, and so is the food, and while I know that they don´t have access to most basic foods I still would not blame it on a food shortage but simply greed and bad service.

Cuba is a wonderful country with lots of music everywhere, and vibrant colors and people but the food is very bland, very expensive....almost laughbably expensive and overpriced, and most Cubans , especially in Havanna, are just after your money.

I´ve been to poorer countries where people were much nicer, and the food much better.

When I see Cuban food in the USA, like in Miami, I´m often surprised how very little it has in common with Cuban food in Cuba.

Of course I understand that they don´t have much and that there´s an embargo but still....things could be much better organized, and handled and managed better.

Many of the flaws have very little to do with the embargo.

I actually left a couple of days earlier than planned because I had had enough of it all and wanted to go back to Costa Rica.

I´m not sure if they even know who Prince is.

But what I do know is that he would probably like it there because Cubans really appreciate music and you hear a lot of music everywhere.

Financially it would not make much sense for Prince to play there.

KoolEaze said:

I´m not sure if they even know who Prince is.

But what I do know is that he would probably like it there because Cubans really appreciate music and you hear a lot of music everywhere.

Financially it would not make much sense for Prince to play there.

Thanks for all the great information. Believe it or not the Cuban food and service in S. Fla. aint' that much better except in the higher end Cuban restaurants that have become popular in recent years. I ain't above going to a dingy cantina once in a while for a media noche though.

For Prince I guess it would depend who the promoter is. For now I imagine it would be part of some cultural exchange program. I figure they know as much about Prince as they did about the Stones but half a million people came to the show anyway. If he did it I doubt it would be for financial reasons.

It's interesting to note that at one time rock and roll was banned in Cuba.

If Prince ever plays there, it should be when the government of the US stops the commercial, economic and financial embargo it has had against Cuba for the last 45 years. And that should be a free concert (just like The Rolling Stones).

Wait a minute... Prince giving a free concert?? That ain't happening.

babynoz said:

I was just watching the Rolling Stones land in Cuba for the first time and it came to me, what if Princey were to play there? Would you go?

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Why would I go to the USA before the revolution?

The embargo against Cuba is still in effect.

Do not pay attention about what Obama says or dances to.

Do pay attention about what he does in politics and in command.

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Cuba will not be the same again after the recent changes in the relation with the US.

The US just sees cheap labour.

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For the Prince man I see not so many fans. Not so much money.

About the embargo: https://en.wikipedia.org/...he_embargo

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People should go to Cuba (if possible via a direct flight, not via the US) to see what is left.

udo said:

babynoz said:

I was just watching the Rolling Stones land in Cuba for the first time and it came to me, what if Princey were to play there? Would you go?

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Why would I go to the USA before the revolution?

The embargo against Cuba is still in effect.

Do not pay attention about what Obama says or dances to.

Do pay attention about what he does in politics and in command.

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Cuba will not be the same again after the recent changes in the relation with the US.

The US just sees cheap labour.

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For the Prince man I see not so many fans. Not so much money.

You seem to think you're telling me things I don't already know.

The question was would you go see Prince playing in Cuba...Obama did not play any concerts there as far as I know.

Since I need to spell it out, the underlying idea is do we see any worth in cultural exchanges between countries?

babynoz said:

The question was would you go see Prince playing in Cuba...Obama did not play any concerts there as far as I know.

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Well, that depends on the flight (direct, not via US territory please), the price of the flight, the ticket price and the setlist.

But I would consider!

udo said:

udo said:

babynoz said:

The question was would you go see Prince playing in Cuba...Obama did not play any concerts there as far as I know.

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Well, that depends on the flight (direct, not via US territory please), the price of the flight, the ticket price and the setlist.

But I would consider!

I see,

NorthC said:

What's the story behind that?

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Did you ever keep up with the news since e.g. 11 september 2001?

Did you notice anything (gradually) change in that country?

It was already in the US system long before that, but got noticable even for me.

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Condor has flights from Frankfurt am Main to Havana for a fairly decent price.

udo said:

I would always want to see Prince play, but only if he was playing there by chance and I was there. I would naturally go to Cuba so see Cubans, not to taste American culture. (enough of that at home) Cubans are like the Spanish in Spain though, always full of music and dance, from what I've heard from those who've been to Cuba. Not sure of their view or exposure to Prince music though.