VALENTINES DAY (NO MASSACRE)

A general election occurs on March 8th and political activity is hotting up. In the afternoon we viewed a procession of cars blaring horns and flying the flags of the Independentzia party from our balcony and later a demonstration involving several hundred people passed by. Later we went out and witnessed an alarming scene in the square outside our hotel. Police with batons, shields and helmets were standing across the end of a narrow street with their backs to us. Three men were spread eagled up against a wall being searched and 2 of the police were holding what I think were CS gas launchers. Our restaurant is up that street, I told Wendy, she replied "Its ok, they are letting people through, let’s follow behind those people with a pushchair". We took the long way round, found the resteraunt was shut, saw no rioting but had a romantic evening anyway.