D A Y 1
We awoke at around 2:00 am to get to the airport for around half 3. Yes, it was a bit of a crazy morning, especially as my older brothers car battery decided to die just as we were about to leave and so some of my family had to get a taxi down to the airport instead. After the shenanigans of getting to the airport were over, the journey through security began. To be honest it wasn't as crazy as I was expecting it to be. apart from the fact that when we had to weigh our suitcases and scan our tickets, the tickets wouldn't scan and so we had to get them reprinted, it was a hassle, but we got through it and quickly said goodbye to our suitcase, praying that none of them would get lost, which they didn't. As I said, security wasn't that bad, I did actually send the beeper thing off, but it was only because I got told my earings would be fine going through, so I didn't take them off.
We got through security and off onto the plane we went. I actually really loved my first plane ride, the take-off felt a little like an elevator I thought, but I didn't mind it, I kinda liked it actually. It was quite cool for our first plane ride because not only did we get to see sunrise, but there were also some great chances for photos.
The journey wasn't long, only a couple of hours, most of us either slept or just listened to music. Once we got into Menorca and out of the plane, the heat and humidity immediately hit, but I loved it, it made me so excited. We got onto our coach and headed down to the hotel, let me just take a minute to say how great this hotel was, the rooms, the food, the activities, it was incredible. Anyway, we settled into our rooms, all of us girls sharing a room, including K (My older brother's girlfriend, who came with us), the boys shared the room adjacent to ours on the right and my parents with my youngest brother on the left.
Once we were settled in the rooms, we headed down to the beach in Punta Prima that was a 5-minute walk from our hotel, we then played a few games of tennis before it was food time and then we chilled until we decided it was sleep time.
D A Y 2
The Tuesday was a bit of a fail of a day, we made a couple plans that got canceled because of rain and other various reasons, but that didn't stop us from having a really good day. We basically spent the day in the hotel, but it was all good because it had loads of activities and games going on.
To top an imperfect perfect day off, there was an electrical storm that we could see from our balcony views, which meant for some epic slow-mo videos and screenshots of those slow-mo videos. I'm pretty sure the storm was still going when we all went to sleep.
D A Y 3
It sunnied up after the storm, so on the third day, we decided to head down to the town of Mahon and look at the markets. We spent all day there pretty much, just wandering around the towns, looking in a few clothe and souvenir shops, we also took a boat ride around the docks and smaller islands.
The evening was spent chilling, either in the bar watching the entertainment or playing games back in the rooms.
D A Y 4
This was actually one of my favorite days despite it being a little dreary. We basically got driven round in a coach all day getting a tour of the island, we went from North to South and obviously made a few stops on the way to take in the sites.
The night was spent pretty chill again, I spent the night looking up at the beautiful stars because the sky was clear and I don't get to see the stars enough in Liverpool. My older brother came with me, so I wasn't lonely as well. (I know that the following picture on the right is not the best picture of stars, it was only taken on my phone and its the only one I have.)
D A Y 5
Honestly, this was the best day, and I'm not just saying that because it was J's 21st birthday. It was so chill and sunny and beautiful and honestly couldn't have gone better. To start the day off, we obviously had breakfast, but then we headed off to the water park.
We spent until lunch at the water park and had Italian in one of the restaurants at the hotel. We then opened J's gifts and cards and headed down to Binibecca beach, where we stayed to swim in the sea and watch the sun go down.
You ain't ready for the beauty that was this sunset, and the pictures don't even do it justice.
We arrived back at the hotel just before the restaurant had finished its dinner rounds, we also managed to get a birthday cake that tasted so good, one of the best chocolate cakes I have had.
That was basically it for J's birthday. Honestly, I think this day was so much fun, every moment was so good, right from the waking up to the going to sleep, there probably wasn't one moment where I wasn't either smiling or laughing.
D A Y 6
This was also a pretty great day, we took a walk over to a cove with some really clear blue waters, so we did some snorkeling and saw lots of fish. We also saw a really cute cat just chilling on the beach.
For lunch we found a cute restaurant where most of us had pizza, personally, my favourite thing about this restaurant wasn't the food, it was the owner's dog who was the cutest fluffiest thing.
After lunch, most of us headed back to the hotel, where us girls went souvenir shopping, the rest of my family either stayed down at the cove or went looking around the town of San Luis.
Then it be dinner and goodnight time.
D A Y 7
This was a sad, but joyful day. It may have been our last full day, but we used it to our advantage and it was great because it was sunny, so we were able to get some great tans to bring back to Britain.
The morning was pretty chill with some of us choosing to go for a bike ride, while others either went for a swim in the sea or paddle in the shallow pool. I was one of the people that decided to go for a bike ride, it took just over two hours, but we hired the bikes for 3 hours, so we had plenty of time. We cycled up to Binibecca beach and chilled up there for a bit of a break. We then cycled a little past Binibecca for an icecream stop and then off back down to Punta Prima. It was a lot of hills, and also a little weird cycling on the opposite side of the road, but it was really fun going down the hills and cycling near the sea. Because the cycle only took a couple hours, we soon joined my older sister sunbathing by the paddling pool.
That almost concluded our last full day, but to top it off, the entertainment in the bar that night was some intense, but cool acrobatics.
D A Y 8
And so began the goodbyes to Menorca. Our flight out wasn't as early as the one in, but we still had to be up by at least 7;00am, so it was average early. I was so sad to be leaving and literally was on the verge of tears a couple times. I really did love everything about it, it just seemed like everyone was happy and getting along and becoming closer as a family, it was also so cool getting to know K and spending time with her. There isn't one thing I would change about it, which I feel is a bit cliche, but it's true, I feel like it just really brought the family closer.
One of the perks of getting up at 7:00 meant that we got to see the sunrise, it was quite pretty. Getting through the airport was pretty simple, people say that once you've done it once, it is pretty simple, which I thought was the case, although security is still the most stressful thing about getting through the airport. I was quite chuffed as well because I got a window seat both on the way there and on the way back.
That concludes my holiday in Spain. I'd say it was pretty great for my first time abroad, I would definitely go back if I could. I was almost depressed for 2 days straight when we got back like I didn't get out of bed at all.
I hope you enjoyed this read. If you didn't, I don't really care, I write these things mainly me for me anyways. If you feel like it, leave me a comment and hopefully, I'll be back writing another post soon.
BeeBee
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