Destination Havana: Obama, Michelle and their girls take off on historic trip that will make him the
Source: Daily Mail
Destination Havana: Obama, Michelle and their girls take off on historic trip that will make him the first President to visit Cuba in 90 YEARS
By Francesca Chambers In Havana, Cuba, For Dailymail.com and Wills Robinson For Dailymail.com
Published: 13:38 EST, 20 March 2016 | Updated: 14:59 EST, 20 March 2016
The first family is headed to Cuba for a historic trip the White House says will 'deepen' America's relationship with the communist government.
President Obama arrived at Andrews Air Fore base with wife Michelle, daughters Sasha and Malia and the First Lady's mother, Marian Robinson, to board Air Force One and officially begin their trip.
As they left protesters marching against Cuba's human rights record were arrested in Havana.
Obama will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit the communist country in nearly 90 years when they touch down in Havana on Sunday afternoon for a three-day visit that precedes two days of travel in Argentina.
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....that the President's daughters don't get any special treatment. So concerned. I wonder if they've ever gotten over them not going to public school. 
Michelle's mother was grinning up a storm! 
But then she remembers the "before" as a young adult, where the Obama's (my generation) were not yet born when the overthrow and break in relations occurred, and were mere infants during the Bay of Pigs crises and its aftermath.
but apparently out of the question. I haven't read anything about her, so found a nice The Telegraph article from last June that includes this.
Before her son-in-law entered the White House, Mrs Robinson had never been abroad. Now, accompanying her granddaughters, she has visited Senegal, Tanzania, China and Italy, where she met the Pope.
That is some journey, considering that she was born, one of seven children, in 1937 in segregated Chicago. She did not go to college and married Fraser C Robinson III, a former boxer and soldier, who spent his working life tending boilers at the city’s water plant. They brought up their children, Michelle and Craig, in a modest home in the working-class, south side area of the city. Until the children left the nest, she was a stay-at-home mother, obsessed with them getting in to the best colleges. Both went to Princeton.
and I am so happy that she got the opportunity so unique that only tiny fraction of citizens have experienced it - notably living in the White House (and in her case, not being part of "the help". 
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Any kind of travel outside of one's backyard is eye-opening and the more people travel, the more culturally mature they become. And back in the day for her and many of us boomers, we may have had "pen pals" to interact with and learn about others in different countries. Now people can communicate real-time with people from all around the world thanks to the internet!
my class was in the World Affairs Council so we had all sorts of pen pals and gave performances and presentations at other schools and at the end of the school year, got a trip to the U.N. I still crack up remembering the ditty that we had memorized -
A small world, a small world
People of the world
People of the world
Peace, love, harmony in living
And regarding that little duck gif - I had been looking through some of the wild things on gif sites and spotted that. It just seemed so poignant and reflective of so much in life - you're walking along with your little ducks all in a row and then something comes along and disrupts the heck out of you. And you just have to gather everyone/everything back together and try to move on.
Obama lands in Havana for historic three-day visit
The last visit to Cuba by a sitting U.S. president came in 1928, when Calvin Coolidge arrived on the island in a battleship.
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U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle approach Cuba's foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez (L)
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By: Julie Pace And Michael Weissenstein The Associated Press, Published on Sun Mar 20 2016
Stepping into history, U.S. President Barack Obama has opened an extraordinary visit to Cuba on Sunday.
Obama’s whirlwind trip is a crowning moment in his and Cuban President Raul Castro’s ambitious effort to restore normal relations between their countries.
While deep differences persist, the economic and political relationship has changed rapidly in the 15 months since the leaders vowed a new beginning.
Air Force One touched down at Havana’s airport late Sunday afternoon after a three-hour flight from Washington.
More:
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/03/20/obama-lands-in-havana-for-historic-three-day-visit.html
Obama lands in Cuba, the first U.S. president to visit in 88 years
March 20, 2016
|Updated 1:48 p.m.
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Tourists stand next to a sign showing President Barack Obama, right, and Cuba's President Raul Castro next to the Cathedral in Old Havana, Cuba on Sunday. Obama landed in Havana Sunday, beginning his historic visit.
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HAVANA –
President Barack Obama is in Cuba for a historic visit. It’s a big step in efforts to forge new ties between the United States and its one-time foe.
Air Force One just landed in Havana.
The president is traveling with first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters, Malia and Sasha, as well as a group of American lawmakers and business leaders.
What’s on tap for the rest of the day? Obama will greet staff at the new U.S. Embassy and then join his family for a tour of Old Havana.
More:
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/obama-708982-president-cuba.html
First Presidential Trip to Cuba in Over 80 Years is Also Spring Break for First Daughters
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by Inside Edition 4:48 PM EDT, March 20, 2016
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It's no Panama City, but it'll do.
While Barack Obama makes history with the first presidential visit to Cuba in nearly 80 years, his teen daughters will be along for the ride.
Sasha, 14, and Malia, 17, just happened to be on spring break and free to make the unprecedented trip, which began Sunday.
When President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and their daughters left Washington, DC on Sunday afternoon, they kicked off what the White House hopes will be a wound-healing visit to the communist Caribbean island.
While not usually a part of state trips, this time the first daughters get to watch as their father holds a meeting with President Raùl Castro that's been decades in the making and delivers a speech to be televised around the world.
More:
http://www.insideedition.com/headlines/15365-first-presidential-trip-to-cuba-in-over-80-years-is-also-spring-break-for-first
I think they'd get a pass from school for this if it were in session
. . . while he is in Cuba because his mother-in-law went along with him on this trip!
I can't remember who sang that song "Mother-in-law" that was popular about 60 years ago, but I cracked up every time I heard it.
I didn't think I would see it in my lifetime. I agree, glad we saw it happen. Now - on to the rest of that bucket list. 
