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Scotland 2024 – Day 1

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We took a flight from Ibiza to Scotland at 11am, and landed in Glasgow at 3pm. My friend and I ended up renting an Avis car, and driving for him took some time to get used to.

We ended up staying near the heart of Glasgow at The Radisson Blue near central station (note we parked at a nearby garage, but next time would pay for parking at the hotel parking).

Near the area was a Pizza Hut, Tim Hortons, KFC and McDonalds. Next time I do want to try the Tim Hortons.

We basically spent the day at the West End of Glasgow near the University of Glasgow. We ate at this place (where there was a good presence of University students) which had haggis (the national Scottish dish):

http://food.johnmatienzo.com/2024/07/07/ubiquitous-chip/

After we did walk around the area for a bit, and even ended up getting ice cream.

We did go back to the room around 9pm to get ready for a night out of drinks and a club called Sub Club that is a 5 minute walk from our hotel (where Ame played the next day). However, got a bit of food poisoning that made the night a chill night. Next time will definitely try and hit up that club.

Europe 2023 Day 3 – Ibiza

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Third day in Ibiza, and woke up at 3pm because of the night before 🙂

Started the day by going to a beach at the south part of the island, Es Cavallet (took a taxi from the hotel). It is a clothing optional beach, but I would say 3/4 of people were wearing clothes, and it was family friendly as well. At the beach, there were drinking bars, so we got a couple of drinks there, then chilled on the beach for an hour.

After, we took an hour long journey to get a taxi. This is because instead of doubling back we tried to take a shortcut, which ended up going to a road with no taxis. That is, until we hit the main road, where someone who claimed to be a taxi stopped by and gave us a ride back (a little sketch, but walking for an hour in the heat and trying to make a dinner reservation got us desperate). In short, taxis are always available at the touristy points. It’s harder to get one in the middle of nowhere.

When we got back to the hotel, we made it to our dinner reservation at Il Palazzo. Details can be found here:

http://food.johnmatienzo.com/2023/07/26/il-palazzo/

We then made our way to San Antonio (30 minute taxi ride) so we can catch the sunset at Cafe Del Mar. Details can be found here:

http://food.johnmatienzo.com/2023/07/26/cafe-del-mar/

After grabbing drinks at Cafe Del Mar, we walked along the boardwalk, which had restaurants and bars. Stopped by for ice cream. Also, we walked all the way to O Beach. Unfortunately it was wrapping up for the night.

So then we headed back to Eivissa, where we checked out Calle de Virgin again. Grabbed a drink there, and then hiked up to Ibiza Castle. It is open 24/7. Along the way up there are shops and restaurants, which is why I can see why they are open late. The view up at the top of the castle looks great, but would probably look better during the day time.

After, we went back to the hotel to our favorite late night sports bar for hot dogs, pizza, and ice cream.

One place I do want to visit next time is O Beach. Also, if in Ibiza on a Monday, apparently there is a place called Casino for a good G party.

Europe 2023 Day 2 – Ibiza

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Slept in until 1pm, but still had a super productive day.

Started off the day at the resort’s buffet for a quick lunch and sparkling wine. Then got a taxi to the part of the Platja d’en Bossa where I would get my ticket for the Oceanbeat boat party (they said to meet at a place called BXXCH Club Ibiza for tix, but it ended up being just a stand that was near the boat dock).

The boat ride itself was actually pretty chill, with melodic house being played for the first half, then deep house on the ride back. The route stayed to the east side of the island. We stopped for 40 minutes for people to jump in. FYI, the only drinks that was included beer and sangria. A shot is whisky was 20 euros (I got two for free since they didn’t give me the correct change when I paid for the remainder of my ticket). Next time I would do the VIP package, since you get shade, a bottle of champagne, and also the people in the VIP section seemed really chill. Also on the boat ride I met some people from California that were staying in the bungalow part of Ushaia. I would say half of the boat was Americans, and half were heading to Tomorrowland after.

After the boat ride, walked through the town back to the hotel (not to be confused with Ibiza Towne). There were some restaurants and bars I would check out. They also had KFC and Burger King. I stopped by a Supermarket (that’s what they call grocery stores here) to get Ballentines and water.

When I got back to the hotel, we had reservations at a restaurant called Portofino. You can read about it here:

http://food.johnmatienzo.com/2023/07/25/portofino/

FYI, at all inclusive, you need to always should prioritize reserving restaurants when you land.

After dinner, took a Power Nap, then pregamed for Eric Prydz. Left the hotel at 1:30am to Hi Ibiza. We were able to catch Christoph before Prydz. For Prydz, I felt the set up was a bit backwards from the regular shows. I thought the 3D ness was inward, as opposed to outward (compared to hide regular Holo shows). After Prydz, caught a bit of Adam Beyer, then went to the side room where they were playing some chill tech house.

We concluded the night by going back to the only restaurant open 24/7 in the resort, the Sports bar.

I will say all the popular tourist spots have taxis available, so I see why Ubers are. It a thing on the island (but available mainland).