skoo
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I always love reading these so thought I'd better pull my finger out and get our recent trip written up.
We had a Tuesday evening flight with EasyJet which arrived 20 minutes ahead of schedule at around 11pm local time. As we flew into Ibiza, I was staring out the window at the lights when all of a sudden we were over the Hard Rock hotel and Ushuaia Tower and I nearly poo'd my pants as both came out of nowhere!
As the plane, which was about 40% full, approached the runway, everyone started cheering and clapping. I think it put the pilot off his game because it was then a VERY hard landing!
Everyone was smiling behind their masks getting off the plane and we just couldn't believe we'd finally made it.
No queue for the taxis at that time, and a quick 10 minute cab journey to our hotel, the Grand Palladium Palace in Bossa - somewhere we've stayed now a couple of times and always enjoyed. It's all inclusive which I know is frowned upon round here, but we like being able to get drinks and food on demand and it doesn't stop us from eating out in other places too, it's just convenient, especially when you're hungover from the night before and need food inside your belly RIGHT NOW.
The first evening, we were knackered so we just went straight to bed as it was past midnight by then.
Day 1:
After unpacking (I can't relax until everything is tidy and in its place!) we kicked off the day with the hotel breakfast and decided to just lounge by the pool for a few hours and enjoy some breakfast cocktails.
I remember that first morning, a toddler fell into the big adult pool and I was super impressed and the speed with which the lifeguard threw himself into the water to save the child. The poor kid was so upset and the mother, who'd also jumped in, looked like she'd seen a ghost poor thing!
After lunch at the hotel, we decided to go and visit Ushuaia for some proper cocktails and vibes. Hired ourselves a couple of loungers for the afternoon, and had a blissful few hours. Made a few friends, had a naughty dance in the pool, and decided to get some oysters from their restaurant, which I highly recommend if you like that sort of thing!
We learned that some of our mates were also on the island so we made plan to go and see them at Good Life bar in Bossa where one of them was DJing that evening. Also took the opportunity to arrange some supplies for the days ahead.
Good Life is a nice bar but it's absolutely boiling in there which made it a bit uncomfortable. Nice interior and it started filling up nicely as the evening went on.
Called it a night at around midnight, and back to the hotel and bed. Very civilised!
Day 2:
This was the day we had Cova Santa booked for the evening so in the day time we just chilled around the hotel, reading our books, listening to podcasts etc. I actually indulged in the cheesy aqua aerobics just as an excuse to dance, and it did have the effect of ridding me of my slight hangover from the night before which was an unexpected bonus! I swore I'd do it every morning from then on, but of course I never did.
Our table for Cova Santa was booked for 8pm, so off we went in a cab. When we arrived it was pretty empty, and they sat us right in front of the stage. We had a €180 minimum spend, which we kicked off with a bottle of rosé wine, followed by some iberico ham and bread. It was at this point I decided to dip into my goodie bag.
Soon, a large group arrived on the table next to ours, and I immediately knew we were going to become friends with them, they just had nice faces! Sure enough, within an hour or so, we were all chatting and mingling, enjoying the music from Ben Westbeach. I have to say, I didn't massively rate his performance, he was very reserved, not interacting at all with the crowd which given the circumstances, seemed a bit off. It was like we weren't there tbh. Nonetheless, everyone was just so happy to be there that nobody cared, and he did play some good tunes. Ultra Nate's "Free" seemed to be the song of the trip, it was played all over the place.
Our new friends had a villa nearby so we went back to theirs for a couple of hours. They invited us to a party they were having the next day, so that leads us onto....
Day 3:
Today was a bit of a struggle after the night before. Pretty sure we slept through breakfast and had another lazy day around the pool snoozing in the shade. We planned to go back to our new friends' villa at around 8pm so we spent the day slowly recovering and getting ourselves in the mood to party again. After a wander into Bossa to grab some beers for the party, we hopped in a cab and off we went.
The villa party was excellent - not loads of people (maybe 40?) and it was all outside so reasonably covid-secure. They'd hired a DJ who is reasonably well known which was cool, and it was a night of cementing new friendships and making a few new ones. I managed to persuade the DJ to play a song I've produced but not yet released towards the end of the evening, and he offered to release it on his label which was a bit of a result!
We grabbed a cab at around 4am home.
Day 4:
This day was a total write off. I slept until about 4pm. I'm pretty sure this was also the day where there was a huge thunderstorm, so it was kind of good that this was the day we hibernated! Nothing to report here apart from that eating anything was a major struggle and we called it an early night.
We had a Tuesday evening flight with EasyJet which arrived 20 minutes ahead of schedule at around 11pm local time. As we flew into Ibiza, I was staring out the window at the lights when all of a sudden we were over the Hard Rock hotel and Ushuaia Tower and I nearly poo'd my pants as both came out of nowhere!
As the plane, which was about 40% full, approached the runway, everyone started cheering and clapping. I think it put the pilot off his game because it was then a VERY hard landing!
Everyone was smiling behind their masks getting off the plane and we just couldn't believe we'd finally made it.
No queue for the taxis at that time, and a quick 10 minute cab journey to our hotel, the Grand Palladium Palace in Bossa - somewhere we've stayed now a couple of times and always enjoyed. It's all inclusive which I know is frowned upon round here, but we like being able to get drinks and food on demand and it doesn't stop us from eating out in other places too, it's just convenient, especially when you're hungover from the night before and need food inside your belly RIGHT NOW.
The first evening, we were knackered so we just went straight to bed as it was past midnight by then.
Day 1:
After unpacking (I can't relax until everything is tidy and in its place!) we kicked off the day with the hotel breakfast and decided to just lounge by the pool for a few hours and enjoy some breakfast cocktails.
I remember that first morning, a toddler fell into the big adult pool and I was super impressed and the speed with which the lifeguard threw himself into the water to save the child. The poor kid was so upset and the mother, who'd also jumped in, looked like she'd seen a ghost poor thing!
After lunch at the hotel, we decided to go and visit Ushuaia for some proper cocktails and vibes. Hired ourselves a couple of loungers for the afternoon, and had a blissful few hours. Made a few friends, had a naughty dance in the pool, and decided to get some oysters from their restaurant, which I highly recommend if you like that sort of thing!
We learned that some of our mates were also on the island so we made plan to go and see them at Good Life bar in Bossa where one of them was DJing that evening. Also took the opportunity to arrange some supplies for the days ahead.
Good Life is a nice bar but it's absolutely boiling in there which made it a bit uncomfortable. Nice interior and it started filling up nicely as the evening went on.
Called it a night at around midnight, and back to the hotel and bed. Very civilised!
Day 2:
This was the day we had Cova Santa booked for the evening so in the day time we just chilled around the hotel, reading our books, listening to podcasts etc. I actually indulged in the cheesy aqua aerobics just as an excuse to dance, and it did have the effect of ridding me of my slight hangover from the night before which was an unexpected bonus! I swore I'd do it every morning from then on, but of course I never did.
Our table for Cova Santa was booked for 8pm, so off we went in a cab. When we arrived it was pretty empty, and they sat us right in front of the stage. We had a €180 minimum spend, which we kicked off with a bottle of rosé wine, followed by some iberico ham and bread. It was at this point I decided to dip into my goodie bag.
Soon, a large group arrived on the table next to ours, and I immediately knew we were going to become friends with them, they just had nice faces! Sure enough, within an hour or so, we were all chatting and mingling, enjoying the music from Ben Westbeach. I have to say, I didn't massively rate his performance, he was very reserved, not interacting at all with the crowd which given the circumstances, seemed a bit off. It was like we weren't there tbh. Nonetheless, everyone was just so happy to be there that nobody cared, and he did play some good tunes. Ultra Nate's "Free" seemed to be the song of the trip, it was played all over the place.
Our new friends had a villa nearby so we went back to theirs for a couple of hours. They invited us to a party they were having the next day, so that leads us onto....
Day 3:
Today was a bit of a struggle after the night before. Pretty sure we slept through breakfast and had another lazy day around the pool snoozing in the shade. We planned to go back to our new friends' villa at around 8pm so we spent the day slowly recovering and getting ourselves in the mood to party again. After a wander into Bossa to grab some beers for the party, we hopped in a cab and off we went.
The villa party was excellent - not loads of people (maybe 40?) and it was all outside so reasonably covid-secure. They'd hired a DJ who is reasonably well known which was cool, and it was a night of cementing new friendships and making a few new ones. I managed to persuade the DJ to play a song I've produced but not yet released towards the end of the evening, and he offered to release it on his label which was a bit of a result!
We grabbed a cab at around 4am home.
Day 4:
This day was a total write off. I slept until about 4pm. I'm pretty sure this was also the day where there was a huge thunderstorm, so it was kind of good that this was the day we hibernated! Nothing to report here apart from that eating anything was a major struggle and we called it an early night.