Spain - Ibiza day 4
We all got up reasonably early this morning and took the bus over to Eivissa. Quickly retraced a few of the areas I walked around including the promenade area and then we walked up a large hill to an old fortress/castle that towers over the city overlooking the bay. It was a long hike up but it had a sense of accomplishment to it once we got to the top. The view was impressive.
TJ and I were hungry so we wanted to stop somewhere and eat. We found a croissont shop that he had read about and sat down. Here we finally had to try to speak spanish to eat. Some guys next to us tried to speak Spanish to us and Justin didn't know what to say. I ordered a quiche con tres queso and a doble espresso. It was bueno. The majority of the food I've had so far isn't anything great so this was a treat.
We wondered around the city for awhile and came to the port where all the ships and activity was going on. We were trying to decide what to do next. Brandon and I wanted to find a good beach and the other two guys wanted to do something else. Justin found a bus schedule and decided he wanted to go rock climbing somewhere up in north Ibiza and I wanted to go to Salinas beach which is the one I had heard about from a few people. Only one bus goes out there as its not very close to any other cities. This beach is on a southern tip of Ibiza and the bus goes past what we think are salt flats.
We walked through a patch of trees and brush after getting off the bus and came accross the best beach I had seen so far. So many beautiful people. A few dark clouds threatened for about 30 minutes but they quickly went away. That was the worst weather I had seen in Ibiza so far and it was basically a non-issue. We got several hours of quality sun time. It was rather enjoyable I could go there everyday for a week. Unfortunately we fly out in the morning for Barcelona. But, I'm glad to see something different.
Brandon was talking to a girl from California today on the bus on the way back who was also going out to Pamplona this week. She said they don't allow girls to run which I hadn't thought about. The more I think about it the more I'm excited about the idea of running. Its something I've always wanted to do.
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I'm now sitting at the airport looking out towards the salt flats that are near the beach I was at yesterday. We got up and checked out of our hotel and took the bus over. The bus is the way to go for sure over the taxi. Today will be primarily a travel day. We take a 50 minuteflight into Barcelona then we are driving from Barcelona to Pamplona tonight. I need to find some white pants to wear before tomorrow morning to run in the race as its part of the encouraged uniform.