psycholisa
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A quick recap of our first (well my second!) (grown up!!! lol) season here in Es Cana, Ibiza....
We arrived here at the end of March (before the summer workers rush!) on the ferry from Denia, having spent the last 10 years living in Benidorm! All our worldly goods packed into a mate's jeep and our people carrier...!!
Husband had already "guaranteed" a job as DJ/Host/Compere/Bingo Caller/Karaoke DJ/Dogsbody at Popeyes Bar so it was just a case of meeting up with Toni the boss and getting his contract signed!!! We hadn't found an apartment yet but had some lined up to view, so were staying at a friends apartment in his spare room... We managed to get all our paperwork sorted in the first week (hoorah!), but it entailed a lot of round trips to the Police Station, the Education office (for sorting a school) in Ibiza and Padron offices in Sta Eulalia...
Little one was granted a place in San Carlos school starting after the Easter Hols, and we found our apartment and could move in after the Easter Hols! Husband did some building/plastering etc work on a friend of a friend's house to "pass the time" and get a bit of cash so we could live!!
Once the season started and husband was working at Popeyes (and little one was at school) it was all nice n quiet (or thereabouts)... husband also managed to get a few hours handymanning for our landlord at his pub/apartments in town too....
I finally got round to re-starting my singing career here in Es Cana, did the end of the season at Mar Y Huerta, Popeyes and Anfora Hotel as the Rock Chick show (Guns n Roses, Bon Jovi, Queen, Journey etc!)... seems to have gone down well and have secured shows for next season!!! Yay!
Now the season has ended, Husband is still working for our landlord doing renovations etc on his pub/apartments, I'm learning more songs and planning my shows out and little one is doing really well at school (he loves it better than his old school) (and he speaks English, Spanish and Catalan now which IMO is good going for a 4 year old!)....
It's VERY quiet here in Es Cana now, with only a handful of bars open day or night (3 x Spanish bars, 2 x English bars all week, and the Red Lion for karaoke & Moes open weekends). The only shops open here in resort are the 3 supermarkets, Maria's, Marin's and Al Prop!!... The clothes shops in Ibiza town are still open and Sta Eulalia is more or less open (but obviously not the tourist shops!)... It's very quiet here but once the Sunday locals BBQs restart at Tipic bar on the beach it'll liven up a bit no doubt!!
The last 7 months seem to have gone really quick, so hopefully it won't be long before it all gears up again and we get back into it..... Bring on the rock shows I say!! lol 8)
We arrived here at the end of March (before the summer workers rush!) on the ferry from Denia, having spent the last 10 years living in Benidorm! All our worldly goods packed into a mate's jeep and our people carrier...!!
Husband had already "guaranteed" a job as DJ/Host/Compere/Bingo Caller/Karaoke DJ/Dogsbody at Popeyes Bar so it was just a case of meeting up with Toni the boss and getting his contract signed!!! We hadn't found an apartment yet but had some lined up to view, so were staying at a friends apartment in his spare room... We managed to get all our paperwork sorted in the first week (hoorah!), but it entailed a lot of round trips to the Police Station, the Education office (for sorting a school) in Ibiza and Padron offices in Sta Eulalia...
Little one was granted a place in San Carlos school starting after the Easter Hols, and we found our apartment and could move in after the Easter Hols! Husband did some building/plastering etc work on a friend of a friend's house to "pass the time" and get a bit of cash so we could live!!
Once the season started and husband was working at Popeyes (and little one was at school) it was all nice n quiet (or thereabouts)... husband also managed to get a few hours handymanning for our landlord at his pub/apartments in town too....
I finally got round to re-starting my singing career here in Es Cana, did the end of the season at Mar Y Huerta, Popeyes and Anfora Hotel as the Rock Chick show (Guns n Roses, Bon Jovi, Queen, Journey etc!)... seems to have gone down well and have secured shows for next season!!! Yay!
Now the season has ended, Husband is still working for our landlord doing renovations etc on his pub/apartments, I'm learning more songs and planning my shows out and little one is doing really well at school (he loves it better than his old school) (and he speaks English, Spanish and Catalan now which IMO is good going for a 4 year old!)....
It's VERY quiet here in Es Cana now, with only a handful of bars open day or night (3 x Spanish bars, 2 x English bars all week, and the Red Lion for karaoke & Moes open weekends). The only shops open here in resort are the 3 supermarkets, Maria's, Marin's and Al Prop!!... The clothes shops in Ibiza town are still open and Sta Eulalia is more or less open (but obviously not the tourist shops!)... It's very quiet here but once the Sunday locals BBQs restart at Tipic bar on the beach it'll liven up a bit no doubt!!
The last 7 months seem to have gone really quick, so hopefully it won't be long before it all gears up again and we get back into it..... Bring on the rock shows I say!! lol 8)
On first reading I thought you had secured a gig at Anfora (sp) in the old town.