| Hello from Ibiza (1)by: Susanne Pacher | | | | souvenir shopping done in about half an hour. |
| | | | The pottery is really amazing here. I wish I |
| I am sitting here in the front entrance hall | | | | could pack it all up and ship it home to |
| of the Ses Fontallas Plaza timeshare resort | | | | Toronto. |
| in Sant Antoni. We arrived on Saturday at | | | | |
| about 5:30 in Ibiza and had to hang around | | | | On the way down from the fortress I saw a |
| for the luggage. 2 of our pieces actually | | | | local family, grandmother, 2 or 3 adult kids |
| didn´t make it due to a technical problem | | | | and several grandkids, in the street and |
| with the cargo area on the plane and we had | | | | thought I´d practice my people |
| to wait an awefully long time at the baggage | | | | photography. From the looks the family |
| information area to find out that the baggage | | | | appeared to be gipsies. I approached them |
| would be delivered the next day. | | | | very friendly in Spanish and asked if I could |
| | | | take some pictures. |
| We finally checked out our rental car, a VW | | | | |
| Polo, at Hiper-Rent-A-Car, just outside the | | | | The grandmother then got up and shot into my |
| airport. Not a bad deal for about 158 Euros a | | | | direction and got very aggressive and shouted |
| week... On the way to our resort we stopped | | | | at me to get lost, waving her arms. Her kids |
| off in a huge supermarket, we called it the | | | | were quite okay with the idea of being |
| "Walmart of Spain" where we picked up the | | | | photographed, but the old lady wanted no part |
| basics of groceries and we then made our way | | | | of me taking any pictures. So much for my |
| to the resort in the dark. | | | | first foray into trying to experiment with |
| | | | human motifs in my career as a hobby |
| Ses Fontanellas Plaza is a nice complex right | | | | photographer.... |
| in the tourist area of Sant Antoni and we got | | | | |
| unit 308, a one-bedroom with partial seaview. | | | | Oh well, after walking around a few hours we |
| Definitely a very nice place, with | | | | were pretty pooped and drove back to our |
| mini-kitchen, a comfortable bedroom, nice | | | | little apartment where we made a nice little |
| furnishings, nice bathroom with bidet (still | | | | dinner, watched some Jay Leno and Conan |
| calling it the "boot-washer" since I | | | | O´Brien on the satelittle network before |
| haven´t figured out what to do with | | | | going to sleep. |
| it...;) | | | | |
| | | | Today we got going pretty early, we left at |
| I am sleeping out in the living room on a | | | | about 10 am. Another brilliant day with |
| comfortable trundle bed and the balcony is | | | | sunshine on the coast, but a few darker |
| very roomy with a nice view out to the sea. | | | | clouds hanging inland. We checked out 7 or 8 |
| We had a nice sleep and finally a home-made | | | | beaches or coves on the southwest side of the |
| meal after all the restaurant cuisine that | | | | island and spent about 3.5 hours at a cove |
| had started to taste a little bit the same. | | | | called Cala d´Hort, which had the most |
| | | | stunning scenery of all, a nice cove with a |
| Then a nice breakfast on the balcony | | | | sandy beach, looking out to a monolithic rock |
| yesterday. After waiting around for our | | | | that sticks out 389 m from the sea. An |
| luggage to be delivered, we finally decided | | | | amazing view. |
| just after noon to head out and we drove to | | | | |
| Ibiza. Interesting town with a fortress on | | | | We thought we´d have dinner there at the |
| the hill. We climbed all the way up and had a | | | | local restaurant but the sun drained our |
| beautiful view of the harbour and the south | | | | energy and we decided to drive by 2 more |
| and southwest side of the island. | | | | beaches and then come back to our little home |
| | | | away from home. One thing we noticed for |
| I took a ton of pictures and also picked up a | | | | sure: Ibiza is a gorgeous place..... |
| few items from the souvenir shops. Got all my | | | | |