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