http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Spain , Balearic Islands en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:51:57 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:51:57 BST Hey allSo far the trip has been quite amazing but it has been called to my attention that I have discussed only the good without the bad. This is my attempt to repent for my mistakes to show that though this has been a great trip there have definitely been some quite major disappointments.1. Fuck Spanish Businesses.Probably the worst part about Spain particularly for me is their business pra http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Majorca/blog-300255.html First an updateSo as of a week ago I am officially unemployed again. Yes I've had enough of working 7 days a week and called it quits so now it's back to fun relaxing and doing whatever I want.So of course I went to Ibiza for a few days...Ibiza beautiful people clubs the beach and that's pretty much itThere is only one reason for going to Ibiza partying. If you want to do relaxing there http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Ibiza/blog-298507.html I am quickly learning that life likes to be the one in control and when you surrender to that things get very interesting.so my three month life experience idea at falcon blanco came to a crashing end. I decided that I really want to be in a community where food consciousness was an integral component. Where i could learn to garden and work in a field pick crops and then eat a big salad all in http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Ibiza/blog-295441.html Rosie and I headed off to the Decathlon store near Pont D'Inca to suss out the Geocaching unofficial event after getting the instructions we dashed off into PalmaBellver Castle first I literally ran 100 yards dashed up the steps counted the planks part of the cache comp then back to the car it was like The Italian Job but in Palma5 caches later in 27' we got back first so we wonan http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Majorca/blog-290476.html I forgot how European radio stations go from Enya to some spanish song to britney to enrique. it is either the best mix or the worst. im going for the latter. the days lose themselves into one another. i have been experimenting with cooking recipes from a moosewood cookbook i found. The oven here is a dial turn without numbers so i never know the temperature. today i burnt some potatoes into c http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Ibiza/blog-289992.html We went to Aqualand El Arenal wasn't to sure if it was going to be too cold but it was fine we stayed until past closing timeWe all had a wonderfull day you can't go far wrong Sun Water slides and of Course Ice Creams http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Majorca/blog-289810.html It's flown these last few days Thursday 19th.We popped to Palma and tried to show the girls some culture as you can probably imagine they weren't too impressed. And the green man had changed into a roman Centurion who we had a sword fight with we done 2 caches nearby the Parc de la MarIt really is a lovely city the cathedral and palace is lovely all though we didnt go in as we had been ro http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Majorca/blog-289808.html PART 1 The RecceI have been lucky enough to have started working with a company based in London that specialises in traveltype programs with videos shown on British Airways and London Cabs. I thought they were mainly focussed on promoting London but my first project with them took me all the way to Mallorca Spain. I had a meeting with them mid week and 3 days later on I was on a plane unfor http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Majorca/blog-288558.html Aint life grand spent most of yesterday on the beach nice and sunny The girls were tired so Floss had them whil Sian and I went out for quiet meal nice tooRafa's been before and it was very nice had a dricnk after in lao trendy bar to watch the world go by.Most of the Gerrys were watching the football they won 10 against Austria booooWe went down to the pool this morning then wandere http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Majorca/blog-288525.html Chica Bonita is a little three month old black kitten who at the moment is aggressively pouncing from my lap to the keyboard and back purrirng violently. As cute as she is she is being a nuisance. she acts like no one loves her even though last night she laid curled up next to my head that is after an hour trying to get me to constantly pet her between her investigations throughout my blanke http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Ibiza/blog-288404.html All set for trip to Palma looking forward to seeing Rosie Andy. And Having great Team G tripnothing too exciting planned Aqualand one day beach another chill round the pool another hope the pool sea is warm enough. Day into Palma for some culture and shopping I suppose and to do some caching in the sun too.Along with a nice few cold San Mig's yummy meals and all round chill out http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Majorca/blog-287217.html Like the journey that I am about to embark upon this blog is also an experiment. I am creating it so that I can share some of my experiences with who I care about and also as a personal documentation. As many of us are disappearing into foreign lives hopefully we can all feel connected in one way or another. I remember one of the strongest realizations from the solo journey during vision quest w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Ibiza/blog-286959.html We managed to sleep the solid hour flight to Ibiza in Easyjetrsquos nonreclining torture chairs. A taxi took us to our hotel which being a block from the beach with our ensuite room equipped with a kitchen was quite a deal We spent many a meal in front of the Eurocup games in our spacious room. Good find TraceIbiza was as one would expect full of tourists though not yet very crowded wi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Ibiza/blog-286591.html I didnrsquot have to wait long for my next holiday in Europe this time we were off to the sunny Spanish Island of Menorca. Not to be confused with its big sister Mallorca. And by we I mean a whole sports team worth of 14 of us. Our only goal on this trip was to do nothing on as many beaches as possible Katie had organised two Spanish villas on the north coast through a work colleague. Howe http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Minorca/blog-281587.html So.... this past weekend yes on Mother's day I went to Palma de Mallorca with Megan. It's one of the three Spanish islands between Spain and Italy. The plan was to get a suntan. What happened was getting soaked underneath a broken umbrella for three days. We still managed to have fun. We saw all the sites there are to see in Palma the city is rather small. We saw two movies I got my hairc http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Majorca/blog-276602.html Well since the last update Irsquove managed trips to two continents flying across the Atlantic to Los Angeles for a week and just recently a long weekend in Menorca a gorgeous island off the coast of Spain.First things first though and it was off on my 10 hour flight across the pond to be quizzed by a thoroughly intelligent individual obviously doing customs work as a night job from his reg http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Minorca/blog-274214.html It will be of no great surprise to most of you reading this when I tell you ANOTHER holiday has cropped up..... before New York lol The week before to be exact. What's a 'SMALL' trip to IBIZA going to matter with Miss Fysh Flying out 4 June returning 11 June. That gives me precisely 3 days to recover and finalise the packing for the New York flight on Sunday 15th June. It's like this we a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Ibiza/blog-272196.html Twentythree is sort of a wierd age since the age of 16 every birthday symblozies some kind of landmark in life driver's license at 16 right to vote at 18 and we all know what 21 brings...but after that there isn't much to make each year special. So this year I had to spice 23 up a little and head to the islands for my birthday There are two sets of islands that belong to Spain the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Majorca/blog-269694.html Sorry about this I'm just updating my travelblog a bit... and I realised that I had not written anything about Mallorca. Mallorca as you will know is one island of the Baleares in the Mediterranean Sea and belongs to Spain. I've been there thrice over the years and from time to another it had changed considerably. Now it is known as one of the main cheap and mass touristic destinations it's http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Majorca/blog-265702.html Ibiza Eivissa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Ibiza/blog-259169.html Mel and I hit San Antonio at 18 ... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Ibiza/blog-249178.html When my friends and I saw that Ryanair was having a special promotion round trip flights from London to Mallorca for 1 penny came to less than 40 with taxes and fees we couldn't pass it up. We took Friday off and headed to Palma de Mallorca the largest city on Mallorca and capital of the autonomous Balearic Islands. February is definitely the offseason. It only got up to around 63 degr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Majorca/blog-247285.html Buenos Dias. que tal Me lo pase genial en Palma de Mollorca.Mi Lugar Preferido fue Sa Dragonera. Espero Visitar otra vez Es toNos Mantendremos En Contacta Hasta Luego. Adios. MonikaAhoj Vsem at bylo Holandsko krasne a Anglie jeste krasnejsi zastesklo se mi po slunicku. Dalsi cesta tedy smerovala na jih. Natrenujte svaly jde se na turu. Provedu pruzkum terenu a pristi rok s poradnym vybavenim a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Majorca/blog-245576.html PaintballWhat a great way to say goodbye to my friends on Ibiza before embarking on my roundtheworld trip My ibicencan and multiplenationality friends agreed to have it out in the paintball battletrenches near San AntonioWe all got bruised and had sore muscles from getting hit running crouching and carrying the weapon in the air. It was a thrill to hit our opponents fun to try and avoid http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Ibiza/blog-220988.html well hello to allwe know it has been a long time since our last entry so what better way to battle the hangover but to sit in front of the laptop and stare at this page...After our last blog we went back to the beautiful croatia and cruised from top to bottom over two and a half weeks.It was an awesome way to see a handful of the 1000 islands that stretch the coast.Our season finished in Dubrovn http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Majorca/blog-220418.html Sant Joan Ibiza SpainAlmost winter in the villageThe birthday boys all foreigners in their 50's just came back from the famous Benirras beach having enjoyed the sun and a few beers happy to be alone in paradise...not at all like the almost 3000 on a certain drumming Sunday in AugustWinter indeed there is hardly any parking and the sun is shining while some of us are sitting in the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Ibiza/blog-217943.html After boarding the ship in Tunis we enjoyed afternoon tea and we were off for the Island of Mallorca one of three that make up the Balearic Islands It was the only time we left port early enough to get some really great shots of the Mediterranean and we didn't waste that opportunity. We arrived in Palma de Mallorca and made a bee line for the bus station NO WAY were we going to stay in the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Majorca/blog-213591.html I spent a week of vacation in Majorque. the land is ugly. The coasts and marinas are beautiful. If I had to go back to this island I would be on a boat and would never land. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Majorca/blog-213199.html