I had to be up at 5am as the coach was coming at 6:15, i do not know how but i got up. It was an hour on the coach to the airport and a hour and a half flight. We were taken around Havana by coach, starting off at Revolution square, we saw the old and new Havana, but it all looked the same to me. But it was interesting to see the fabulous buildings all left to crumble, though they are starting a renovation programme, so i am glad i have seen it before it is restored. We had a nice lunch, chicken or pork with rice, chips and black beans. I had the pork and struggled to finish. After lunch we went to see Princess Dianas memorial, apparently the first one in the world, then on to Cathedral Square and the Ernest Hemingway Trail, the bars and drinks he liked.

Our flight was delayed so we went to the International Hotel, where all the big name stars have stayed. We were there for about an hour then took the coach to the airport. Going through security i was stopped and called back, the guard took my bag to be screened again, he kept pointing at something on the screen and asking me what it was but all i could see was a dark shadow. He kept pointing and asking me over and over “what is that?” I said i did not know, my heart was pounding and i was very afraid, i kept thinking, what if someone slipped something into my bag when i was not looking. I emptied my bag to show him i did not have anything and all the time he is still asking me “what is that?” That turned out to be my little ladybird compact mirror !!! Oh my what relief, the female guard thanked me, i just wanted to fall down in a heap.

Unfortunately the delay went on and on and on, we were given refreshments but i was fed up staring at a blank wall and i was too tired to play games with the friends i had walked about with. I was cold now too and just wanted to sleep. We were delayed seven hours, we were told there was a shortage of planes, only six out of twenty. So instead of arriving back to the hotel at about 10pm we did not arrive until 5am. I just went straight to bed disappointed and very tired.

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