MENORCA, Spain - Part II

Tuesday - 27^th of June

Journée encore plus relaxe à jouer au Nintendo DS, à dessiner un magnifique portrait de Jack Sparrow (mm-hmm Johnny Depp...) et à se baigner. J’ai fais une petite promenade en voiture avec Andrew pour acheter plus de pain et de vin (amen). I should really learn to drive standard... it could come in useful, if there’s an emergency, or if I rent a car in Europe. After lunch Andrew offered me 35£ if I ate all the cold cut meat leftovers and all the chocolate spread that was left (3/4 of a big pot). Time went by, the rules slowly changed, I hesitated way too much. Then it turned into a 8 hotdog + chocolate spread challenge, and we gave up. I would have done it really! After dinner, when the lights were out in the pool (11pm) I went skinny dipping with Jo, and had a good night sleep with the balcony door open for fresh air (bad idea…). I woke up with mosquitoe bites everywhere.

Wednesday – 28^th of June

Time is going by really fast. I’m half way through my Menorca ToDo list, and today was very productive. We visited Monte Torro, where the highest point of the mountain is a tall stuaue of Jesus Christ. Then we went to the old capital of Ciutadella (the new capital is Mahon). The drive up the mountain was painful for the old noisy, dodgy car, and the building at the top looked like an old castle. Nice! According to Vero & Andrew it’s so much more touristy and renovated than it used to be. We drove down to Ciutadella and went in the old market to have lunch: I had a chicken salad y un poco de “chiperones” (tiny squids).

Apres avoir acheté quelques petits souvenirs (encen, ceinture) on est retournés vers Addaya. Le char a lâché à mi-chemin, sur une grande route de campagne. Smegging car! Faisait pas si chaud que ça pis on a pas attendu longtemps avant que la gentille madame vienne nous fournir une voiture plus grande et de meilleure qualité. On est revenus à temps pour un petit rum & coke, une petite baignade, pis ensuite on est repartis à Fornell’s, où se trouve «Ca Na Marga’s », un restaurant avec des T-Bone steak géant pis de la super pizza. Le ox t-bone à Louis était énorme! Mais tout était tellllement bon. On a recommencé à se lancer des défis jamais accomplis et on a pris des tonnes de photos.

Thursday – 29^th of June

On s’est levés TARD, et pourtant on avait de la bouffe prête pour la plage San Tomas en quelques minutes! (Ça nous aurait prit pas mal plus de temps avec la maman d’Andrew :P) On est tellement efficaces. « Vamos a la playa! » Les vagues allaient jusqu’à 1 mètre et demi, c’était super le fun et parfois même dangereux! Yavait pas mal de nudité à cette plage là aussi. Y en a qui sont élevés comme ça, tsé, des seins, des fesses, ya rien là! It was very sunny, sandy and salty. After a swim or two in the sea you get itchy, and you get sand up your bathing suit, but you still go back for more waves! My sisters and me, we got tired of worrying about our bikini tops, so we took ‘em off! (I was careful to keep the water up to my neck). We came back around 5pm, I finished my book 24 Veto Power and started 24 Hell Gate. I finished my Jack Sparrow portrait (lovely) and then Vero made “patatas braves”, big juicy prawns in garlic butter, and more sangria. I have a lot of fun with the Andrew and Louis, fooling around about spanish sausages and inside jokes, we get along so well! We all have the maturity of 10 yr old kids.

Friday – 30^th of June

A bit of chillin’ in the morning and then we got ready for a trip on the boat, with water skis AND a tube. We left at 12:30, which means it was the hottest time of day. I don’t remember ever tubing in waves like that, or behind a boat that fast! That was intense! And my eyes were red because of all the salt water splashing in my eyes. We also tried water skiing, Jo, Louis and me, and we filmed most of it. Good memories for mum and dad! We did a bit of snorkelling by the beach we visited on the first day. A lot of tiny fishies but no colourful corals. J’ai mis plus de crème solaire que jamais cette semaine, le soleil est tellement fort. On a encore pris tout plein de vraiment belles photos, avec la bonne caméra d’Andrew. Ce soir là on a mangé des fruits de mer avec du riz, et on a but une tonne de sangria qu’Andrew a concocté lui-même. Delish!