After a short wait, they cleared the plane and it returned to the mainland to continue with other flights. So, the passengers were now on the wrong island without a plane. Luckily, they were able to put us all on other flights, sadly they were hours later. We walked a little outside the airport, but it is isolated - so we didn't really see much. Then, we ate lunch using our vouchers at a nice restaurant in the airport and waited for our, now afternoon, flight.
The flight from Menorca back to Mallorca was uneventful, and the weather was great. So, we decided, since we only had backpacks, to walk the few miles from the airport to our hotel. About half of the walk was in the industrial area around the airport, but the second half was along the boardwalk. In the summer, we would have been elbow to elbow with crowds of beachgoers, but in February, there were people out riding bikes and walking dogs and just enjoying the boardwalk - but it was not crowded.
We checked in, cleaned up a little, checked out the hotel amenities, and headed out to the buffet for dinner. After dinner, we went to the lounge area in the hotel - we were originally planning to stay and watch the show. But after a short time, we realized that the long day was catching up to us, and watching a Flamenco show was just not in the cards.
Sunday morning, we woke up and hit the breakfast and then headed out for a walk along the beach. The weather was great and we were able to walk a few miles each way with good boardwalks and walking paths. We could have kept going, but we wanted to get back in time to clean up before lunch.
After cleaning up and having a nice lunch, we headed to the indoor pool. It was not big, but it was also empty - so there was plenty of room for us to both swim and sit poolside and read. After a few hours, we headed up and got changed. I had only done about an hour of Spanish on Saturday in the airport, so Albert took his computer and I took my Spanish and we hung out in the lounge for a couple of hours. I finished all my homework and did some extra studying.
We dropped everything off in the room and put on jackets and headed back out to the beach to watch the sunset. There was a really good street musician who served as great background music as we walked down, touched the water, and then hung around to watch the sun set.
We headed back and talked to the girls before heading back out to dinner and then the evening show. The show was a Spanish man singing songs (some in Spanish and others in English). We watched his first set and then called it a night.
Monday morning, we awoke to some early fog. But, by the time we arrived at the airport it had burned off.
This direction, our flight was uneventful and we arrived just in time to catch the airport bus back into the city. It was a little overcast here too, but it warmed up nicely by the time we walked to class.
So, we are now back into our routine. Some studying for me and some math for Albert - school - some grocery shopping.... We had a great weekend, but it is also nice to be home.
Tomorrow, class and intercambio.
