Ibiza, Spain ~ Day 1

 Our first port of call on the cruise was the island of Ibiza, Spain, specifically Ibiza Town. We walked around in the town, did some geocaching and shopping, and had lunch. The first set of photos are from squirrel moments while exploring the village.

The second set of photos is from our exploration of Old Town Ibiza, a fortification from the Roman Empire. We entered the castle/fort walls but then decided not to go any farther. (I wish we had as there was a Dominican Convent, a fortress D'Alt Villa, the Cathedral de Santa Maria, and probably other interesting things to see.)

The Renaissance walls of the old town of Ibiza City were awarded UNESCO World Heritage Status in 1999. They are one of the world's few Renaissance walls that were not demolished, and part of the medieval wall is still visible. ~ Wikipedia

While waiting for the shopper in our family, I noticed the size variety of lower level doors. I realized the larger one was most likely a garage door for a car. Smaller doors (garage) might be for scooters or motorbikes which are very popular. Most of the cars were also of the compact variety.

Here is another example of sizes of the lower level garage doors.

our view during lunch

OFD choose some traditional Mediterranean dishes for lunch: a bowl of olives and Spanish Fried Potatoes. (cooked potato chunks served with garlic aioli sauce) I am not a fan of green olives, never have been, but I did enjoy the Spanish Fried Potatoes.

One of our friends (who is also a geocacher) wondered if there were any geocaches in these never heard of places. This map of Ibiza Town shows the number of geocaches. (There are also 2 Adventure Labs!) We found 3 geocaches during our time in the village. The middle yellow smiley face was an Earthcache and we got the FTF (first to find) recognition for it. We did not realize it until the geocache owner sent us a message congratulating us on our find. At the bottom yellow smiley, a father and son were also geocaching and actually had found the container and were signing it when we appeared. They did not speak English.

My sunset photo taken from one of the adult refreshment lounges on the ship. The reflection of the glass gave me three setting suns from Ibiza.