Today was boiling hot! I had been a bit worried about the weather in Cuba because although the forecast said it would be hot it also said that it would be raining with thunderstorms...well there was no sign of that today! We got breakfast at the buffet restaurant which was quite nice - a mixture of breads and eggs and stuff I cant remember - omelettes, waffles and crepes were made for you while you waited. Connor especially loved the chocolate waffles and chocolate crepes!
We decided to go to the beach and swim in the sea, we got beds close to the food and activities and got lots of sun cream on. The sand was white and the sea a brilliant clear turquoise colour and was slightly warm, so you could jump in without your breathe being taken away! We took our masks and snorkels but unfortunately other than the odd white fish, it seemed devoid of sea life. This was a real shame I had been hoping that it would be more like Egypt which had tons of fish of all different shapes and sizes. We still had fun though!
Me and Lissa took part in a bit of water aerobics with a guy from the hotel, which was quite funny because it was difficult to keep still in the waves. We then joined in a beach game which involved spinning around 6 times and then making a run for a sunbed whilst dizzy! I think I took longer than anybody else and was also the dizziest and could not seem to get to the sunbed!
In the end we got so hot and fed up of the sand everywhere (especially Lissa who apparently hates sand) we decided to go to the pool. We got 4 sunbeds in the shade and chilled out there for a while. Then believe it or not me and Andy decided to go to the gym! There was air conditioning in the gym but it was pants so it was really difficult due to the heat. The worst bit was walking back into the sun after the gym - sweating!!!
We all got showered and ready and headed off for the Romantica restaurant - the waitress who had given me the ticket (for the big tip we gave her) greeted us with kisses to the cheeks and it was funny watching Connors face as she kissed us and he knew she was heading for him! lol
The restaurant was really dark and I had to use the candle to try and read the menu and I think in the end Andy had to read it out to me because my eyesight is getting so bad! lol...hate admitting I'm getting old and my eyes don't work like they used to! I think I had a pate for starters which wasn't like any pate I've ever had before - it was more like a minced chicken...then I had beef Chateaubriand which was yummy. We had a good laugh at the restaurant.
We then headed towards the main lobby area and a Cubian band was playing and me and Lissa had a bit of a dance - trying badly to dance Cuban/salsa style - but we had a good laugh!
We stayed up fairly late and had a few drinks and a lot of fun as you can see from the next picture!!
