I am at Starbucks browsing the internet. My husband is having an ambulatory procedure so I decided to kill some time waiting somewhere else instead of in the office watching info-commercials. They call from the office to let me know how things are. Isn't that great?

Anyway...

While waiting a lady with a lovely puddle dog. I asked a couple of questions about her dog (was really cute) and at some point they mention a breed that is from Havana, Cuba. I started talking about weather and dogs and eventually I ended up talking about which island is closer to Florida in order. I was saying that the island of La Española, that has Haiti and Dominican Republic is probably the 2nd closest, if you don't consider Jamaica.

And then she asked: Who owns the Island?
I stared at her and asked: I beg your pardon?
She says: Yes, who owns La Española?
I say: Errr... Hmmm... Well, they are independent countries
She asks again: Really?
I say: Hmmmm yeah... Haiti was a French colony, Dom. Rep. was from Spain as Cuba and Puerto Rico.

She was nice about it and was glad to learn something new but seriously, I wish I didn't have to explain these things.

Fortunately I didn't have to explain that no, you can't drive to Puerto Rico. You would be amazed about how many times I need to explain that one.