Since the 1960s, the U.S. government has embargoed American business with Cuba,

but policies towards individual travelers to the island have been loosening up over the years.

You used to have to sneak in, but now you can do it legally.

Coming up, Christopher P. Baker updates us on how American citizens can plan a trip to Cuba,

and what seems to give it a bit of romance as a one-of-a-kind destination.

There is, of course, this time-war element.

Transcontinental pilot Mark Van Honecker has an incredible view of the world from the cockpit.

He tells us about his favorite cities to revisit, even if his flight schedule only gives him a day or two.

Cape Town, it's one of my favorite cities to fly to,

because it really is nearly at the tip of a continent that you've spent a night crossing if you've come from Europe.

Plus, we make time for more of your calls to hear what it's been like for everyone to resume their travel plans this year.

Glad you could join us. It's Travel with Rick Steves.

Flying a transcontinental gentle,

change how you view the world, literally.

In a minute, Mark Van Honecker is back with us on Travel with Rick Steves

to share how he reimagines his favorite cities.

Christopher P. Baker is one of the world's leading experts on travel to Cuba.

He updates what Americans need to know about visiting Cuba this year.

And later in the hour ahead, we'll catch up on more of your calls to tell us how it's been going as you join the crowds of people picking up where we all left off when pandemic closures derailed our travel plans.

As a transcontinental pilot, Mark Van Honecker flies to cities all over the world over and over again for just a day or two at a time.

But the cumulative effect is a unique and vivid intimacy with many of the world's most interesting cities.

And he writes about that in his most recent book. It's called Imagine a City, a pilot's journey across the urban world.

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