trip's start

SFO -> MSP

MSP -> KEF

KEF -> LHR

LHR -> VAL

VAL -> IBZ

Our Finca

Cala Benirràs

Omi Marga's Car

Casa Puerto Allegre

Cala Xarraca

Sant Joan de Labritja

Cala Benirràs II

Santa Gertrudis de Fruteria

Santa Eulària des Riu

2005 Ibiza: Danny's House

Café ECO

Fruits & Veggies

Sant Antoni de Portmany

Cana Joana

Eivissa Cuidad

Cala s'illot des Rencli

Kaddish

Paella

Eivissa Cuidad II

Benirrás Drumming

Platges de Portinax

island drive

2005 Ibiza: Platges de Portinax II

El Pato Restaurant

IBZ -> BCN

BCN -> LHR

to Iceland...

Thursday 22 September 2005, continued.

Because Omi Marga has been needing a lot of down time this trip, we've been spending the morning doing family things. After a hearty well-balanced breakfast - thanks, Rose - the kids pile into the back of Omi Marga's old car.

Towels, spare clothes, supplies in the trunk. Ball, water, snacks, and kids in the back seat. Parents. Okay; ready to go.

As I lock up I glance back at our finca, seeing the salamanders or geckos scampering on the walls.

We're not heading far today; Cala Xarraca is the closest beach to Sant Joan. We're in the car perhaps ten minutes, and that includes the five minutes it takes to get from our finca to Sant Joan.

Here's a typical Ibizenco parking lot: packed sandy soil in the midst of a jungle of happy plants.

Strolling towards the beach we see this wonderful castle-like mansion overlooking the bay. The kids like the nopal fruits in the forground as much as the place.

Adam, left, and Emil are already enjoying the beer and prawns when I arrive. I join the feast as the kids play on the beach below us.

2005 Ibiza: Sant Joan de Labritja