http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Minorca/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Spain , Balearic Islands , Minorca en-us Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:05:27 BST Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:05:27 BST 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 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 A pretty quiet morning getting ready for the big final. The selection committee decided on keeping the same team as the semi final. We once again had a hit around in the nets while the plate final was being played. We lost the toss and got put into bat. Brooky and I got an alright start but we lost a few too many wickets and it was left up to AB to smash 33 at the end to get us up to a competiti http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Minorca/blog-97922.html One of the highlights of the trip was Brookey and Fizzer playing practical jokes on all the old folks in the hotel. Every morning they would get our mascot Georgina the tiger and put it in the elevator. They would then send it down to the ground floor and sprint down the stairs. Most days they would get down to the foyer and see some old hens with their mouths gaping open looking at what they thou http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Minorca/blog-97921.html Another morning of lounging around with people playing table tennis pool and foosball. I donrsquot think Brookey was happy with the 90 thrashing I dished him out in foosball. The selection committee of Wilco Jacko Longy had an easier task of picking the side for the semi final because both Jacko Spraggy had injuries. We had a knock around in the nets whilst the other semi was being pla http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Minorca/blog-97920.html Another morning spent lazing by the pool sunbathing and watching the Pakistan v Sri Lanka cricket match.We arrived at the cricket ground knowing that if we lost our game we would have no chance of making the semi finals and if we didnrsquot get a good run rate we might miss out as well. We won the toss and batted first and scored a decent total of 103 thanks to Jacko smashing 35 and them bowli http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Minorca/blog-97919.html Everyone was a little jaded so we decided the best plan of attack was to hit the beach. We drove to es Grau up the coast and found a really nice spot. AB and I found some energy and threw a tennis ball around in the sea for about an hour. Miser made a sand castle which Banjo trampled and Spraggy got bitten on the arse by a jelly fish. Later on that evening a few of us went fishing at the dock. The http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Minorca/blog-97917.html I woke Jacko up in the morning for breakfast and the jet lag had obviously taken itrsquos toll because for a second there he had no idea where he was or who I was. With the hotel booking we got breakfast and dinner included so we stocked up had a swim and then headed down to the cricket ground. Originally the format was for five over games but two teams had withdrawn bringing the amount of tea http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Minorca/blog-97914.html I woke up on Friday feeling a little rough after a big night celebrating Dianersquos Paulrsquos Mum 50th birthday. The team met at our local pub The Clarkersquos Arms and set off for Leeds Bradford airport. I met Greg Jackson Jacko whose place I am staying at for the first time. He is an engineer on a cruise ship and had just flown back from New York. I also met Paul Spragg Spraggy who http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Minorca/blog-97913.html My battery is dead so I will finish my Minorca photo blog later. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Minorca/blog-96082.html when we first arrived in europe we were quite excited seeing as how much we love our own pups at how people take their dogs everywhere. it seemed that dogs must hardly ever be left at home. and quite a few of these dogs arent even on leashes. you can whistle hauller snap do a jig and they wont even acknowledge you. they look straight ahead and stay near their master glancing up every once http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Minorca/blog-58026.html