Today, Sofie, Noémi and I went to the beach. It was a bit crowded so we didn´t get the best spot (next to the rubbish bin) but it didn´t matter.

The water was nice and warm, the sun came out and all was well, except for the fact that Sofie keeps talking about meeting chicos, then saying she doesn´t want to be any more than friends (I think the word for it, if you´ll pardon my language, is ´pricktease´)

A German and his Austrian girlfriend asked to share a cab with us. I said the driver probably wouldn´t do it because he´s only allowed four and there´s too much police on the motorway and sure enough, he refused.

In the evening, I was a bit confused whether I should be flattered or offended. Frank asked why Siguel (sp?) the German speaking Cuban kept talking to Noémi and Sofie, and not the Swiss girls as they speak German too.
Me: ´Because he only wants to talk to the pretty ones´
Him: ´For me, I don´t care about the pretty ones. I talk to the nice ones. That´s why I talk to you.´
Well, quite... Anyway, I suppose being ´nice´in Cuba keeps you out of trouble so I don´t mind.

Frank also brought his friend Bernard, also a bespectacled very dark guy, and we talked about music, such as Erika Baduh (who scored points with Frank), India Arie (who didn´t) and Sade. I think we´re all a bit surprised that we know and like the same music even though we live so far apart.

Frank also asked about Keiron and me, and why he hadn´t asked me to marry him, and if we would get married in church if we did etcetera. I´m not sure if the questions were leading anywhere, or if there was some ulterior motive, because for a Cuban, he´s not very upfront.. We also talked about the situation of migrants in Belgium, they wanted to know what kind and if there were lots of Africans and what their situation was. A tricky subject to answer truthfully.

It´s hard enough to explain to friends and family that you are leaving everything behind and will be travelling for 6 months, 4 of which without your boyfriend, but for a Cuban, both the travelling and the alone bit are simply unimaginable.