Four Weeks Cuba

# Arrival

On a certain day on the LBS Daniel asked Benjamin to join him in his holiday to Cuba. Benjamin rejected the offer several times before, but after discussing a bit more he changed his mind. They informed their parents about the decision and both parties agreed. Their parents talked to eachother and planned everything out. Ending with the council before the decisive day, where every participant and it's managers *(*aka. *parents)* ate together and talked about the holiday.

## failed Pre-Evening Check-in

Daniel's and Benjamin's father prepared a Pre-Evening Check-In. The four went to the Frankfurter Flughafen where, on the way, Daniel's father made the infamous *"Kamerad, Kamerad"*-Joke (*laying the right index finger and middle finger over the lips, symbolizing* ***Adolf Hitler***). Waiting for almost 2 hours at the air port to pre-eve check-in, they realized that there is a certain rule to such a Check-in, and it's fucking annoying. Just because their departure was about 10 minutes later than the prescribed time they weren't allowed to to pre-eve Check-in. --Fucking Germany.

## Departure and Arrival

Daniel's grandparents and other family members live in Cuba, reason why he was there already several times. But on *July 24th of 2022* **Daniel**, his **sister** and **Benjamin** departured from Frankfurter Flughafen to Cuba on their own. After more than 9 hours of flight, they finally arrived at Holgín Airport. A warm but beautiful breeze *mit Geschmack* (*english* with taste) catched them as they left the plane at night time in Cuba. But then there was a problem at the airport control: Following their orders strictly, the staff stopped Benjamin as their destination was unclear. A tourist with to cuban connections is prohibited from living in a house of another cuban as he/she could fall in love and marry the host, meaning the host being allowed to leave the country. Luckily enough, both houses Daniel's grandparents own are officially registered Hotels as few other tourists already made holiday at that place.

Annoyingly enough, they had to wait for another 2 hours waiting for their luggage to arrive as there is only one short luggage belt in Holgín. When it finally arrived, they left the airport and met with **Grandpa Huberto** and **Ulíta** who picked them up with **Pachuko**, the cab driver.

A fourty-minute long ride in the cab, stopping by gas stations which have stingingly strong smells and crumbling potholed roads letting you feel the vibration through the whole cab. But there was no complete first impression for Benjamin because it was night and most of the landscape wasn't visible. It's mentionable that the taxi cab was pleasent to sit in, having an air conditioner and impressively comfortable seats. Both Daniel and Benjamin were semi-sleeping until they finally arrived in Maguana at the house and same time Hotel.

# First Week

They recieved a warm welcome from Daniel's grandmother, his cousin **{}**, and the gardener of this specific hotel. Fast cuban-spanish was very difficult for Benjamin to understand as - at that time - he was too retarded to speak spanish in a real conversation. So Daniel had to carry 90% of it.