Cojimar, Cuba News

Ole! When I opened up my San Francisco Chronicle one day, lo and behold I found an advertisement saying "Join the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce exclusive nine-day, eight night guided Cultural Exchange Trip to Havana, Cuba." Having always been interested in countries that have heretofore been closed to public scrutiny, this piqued my antennae.

Dancing With The Stars heartthrob William Levy opens up in this week's issue of PEOPLE about his tough childhood and making women swoon with his fancy footwork.

Ernest Hemingway's farm, the picturesque Cojimar fishing village and the sights and sounds of Havana are just a few stops that await those who sign up for the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce's "Discover Cuba!" trip June 7-15. The trip will cost $3,299 per person, double occupancy.

Havana, Ernest Hemingway was a man intent on finding his own way, in search of the meaning of life or something that perhaps he had not found in Cuba but whose absence he controlled here for more than three decades.