We were both fairly relieved to find that the weather was too bad for sailing the day after our crossing from Majorca, we took a “duvet” day and watched films and generally relaxed. We were hoping to leave the next day (Tuesday 6th) but this was not to be either, we were awake all night listening to the howling wind and we got up to find ourselves in the middle of a gale, as I write this blog it is blowing at over 30 knots in the marina and are not sure when it will stop!! Hopefully before tonight otherwise there will be some very tired Heards aboard this boat. Tines was happy to relax.
One rest day turned into two – the wind was really high for both days and we had to wait for the sea swell to calm down to leave Ibiza for the mainland. Tines and I took a nice long walk along the San Antonio sea front, the coastline is stunning, the coves are really beautiful and much nicer without the tourists.
It is amazing to see how all the bars and clubs have shut down and boarded up for the winter it is like two places, when we visited at the end of September it was crowded full of holiday makers, Tines and I saw lots of clubbers heading “home” at 7am when we were taking our morning walk. This time we’re lucky if we saw another person. The marina is still busy but this time it’s full of charter yachts all moored up for the winter, waiting for the season to start again.
Even the world famous Café del Mar and Café Mambo are boarded up and closed for the season.
I wonder what it must be like to live here, it seems so much like two different places summer and winter (and not much in between).
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