20 years. anthony: mostly cubans or, tourists? george: no, tourists. most of them spanish, italy, even people from canada. a lot of canadian people. anthony: you re from santiago? george: yes, i was born in santiago. i will say it in spanish, santiaguero. i used to live in russia for six years, i studied there. anthony: really? george: yeah, i was really young and, and i really enjoyed it. anthony: oh yeah? cause it must be cold there. george: no, no. could you imagine the difference cuba and russia? snow, the first time i saw snow. i sent to my mom a lot of pictures. anthony: oh yeah? george: holding snow, throwing snow. anthony: [ laughter ] so what were you studying in russia? george: uh, mechanical engineering. anthony: that s, so you went from engineering to taxi driving? george: yes, yes, yes. in 1990, russia left us alone and, uh, we got in trouble with the economy, so i had to change my job. anthony: so it looks like the embargo might end, you
a lot of canadian people. anthony: you re from santiago? george: yes, i was born in santiago. i will say it in spanish, santiaguero. i used to live in russia for six years, i studied there. anthony: really? george: yeah, i was really young and, and i really enjoyed it. anthony: oh yeah? cause it must be cold there. george: no, no. could you imagine the difference cuba and russia? snow, the first time i saw snow. i sent to my mom a lot of pictures. anthony: oh yeah? george: holding snow, throwing snow. anthony: [ laughter ] so what were you studying in russia? george: uh, mechanical engineering. anthony: that s, so you went from engineering to taxi driving? george: yes, yes, yes. in 1990, russia left us alone and, uh, we got in trouble with the economy, so i had to change my job. anthony: so it looks like the embargo might end, you know, a lot of money gonna start coming to cuba. do you think it s gonna change? george: oh, i think that the american busin
a lot of canadian people. anthony: you re from santiago? george: yes, i was born in santiago. i will say it in spanish, santiaguero. i used to live in russia for six years, i studied there. anthony: really? george: yeah, i was really young and, and i really enjoyed it. anthony: oh yeah? cause it must be cold there. george: no, no. could you imagine the difference cuba and russia? snow, the first time i saw snow. i sent to my mom a lot of pictures. anthony: oh yeah? george: holding snow, throwing snow. anthony: [ laughter ] so what were you studying in russia? george: uh, mechanical engineering. anthony: that s, so you went from engineering to taxi driving? george: yes, yes, yes. in 1990, russia left us alone and, uh, we got in trouble with the economy, so i had to change my job. anthony: so it looks like the embargo might end, you know, a lot of money gonna start coming to cuba. do you think it s gonna change? george: oh, i think that the american busin
even people from canada. a lot of canadian people. anthony: you re from santiago? george: yes, i was born in santiago. i will say it in spanish, santiaguero. i used to live in russia for six years, i studied there. anthony: really? george: yeah, i was really young and, and i really enjoyed it. anthony: oh yeah? cause it must be cold there. george: no, no. could you imagine the difference cuba and russia? snow, the first time i saw snow. i sent to my mom a lot of pictures. anthony: oh yeah? george: holding snow, throwing snow. anthony: [ laughter ] so what were you studying in russia? george: uh, mechanical engineering. anthony: that s, so you went from engineering to taxi driving? george: yes, yes, yes. in 1990, russia left us alone and, uh, we got in trouble with the economy, so i had to change my job. anthony: so it looks like the embargo might end, you know, a lot of money gonna start coming to cuba. do you think it s gonna change?