I just got back from an exhausting but amazing weekend in Ibiza. Ibiza is a small island off the eastern coast of Spain in the Mediterranean Sea. We planned this weekend through Tripbiza, which was a packaged deal that included hotels and parties all weekend. This was a trip that I had planned at the very beginning of my abroad experience and I was so excited for it to finally be here. I met some of my friends in Barcelona on Thursday night and we flew to Ibiza bright and early on Friday morning. The entire plane was study abroad students who were starting off their week long Spring Break with this weekend excursion. Even though I already had three weeks of break and have almost another two weeks in May to look forward to, I was a little jealous of every. On Sunday when it was all over, I had to come back to France and get ready for all of my exams, while everyone else was going to straight to Portugal for a week! I was just happy to be back with all my friends from school and relaxing by the pool. The party began after take off when someone decided to whip out speakers on the plane and start blasting Jay-Z. At that point it was 7:30 in the morning so I needed something to wake me up anyway.
When we landed in Ibiza the weather was a little overcast but it was still warm enough for bikinis. After getting to the check-in point, I realized that this whole Tripbiza program was a little unorganized. They had over 500 study abroad students checking in at one time. It was complete chaos because everyone just wanted to put their things down and get to the pool. Luckily we got there early so we only had to wait about an hour before we were all settled into our room and ready to hit the beach. Ibiza is basically just a tourist destination. There was really nothing there except for hotels and resorts. Our trip was a little before the island was officially “open” so nothing was really going on except our program. While we were walking around trying to find a place to eat, we spotted a Burger King and figured we had hit the jackpot. We asked the woman who was sweeping outside when they opened and she told us “Monday”. Not the most ideal response, but in retrospect it was probably better that we didn’t eat Burger King before a weekend of beach parties. We ended up just going to a local market and getting some snacks that ended up lasting us the entire weekend (great for my bank account!).
We partied at the pool of the hotel all day. At night we had access to a club that had a dance floor that turned into a pool halfway through the night. Tripbiza provided us with transportation to and from the club, which was great because the club was a 30 minute drive from the hotel. For Saturday, there was a boat party scheduled, but it never ended up happening. There were three different boats, which were first come first serve. So obviously everyone was running down the beach, charging the boats and trying to get on the first one. They ended up kicking everyone off and telling us that no other boats were coming and the whole boat party was cancelled. In our defense, if they didn’t make the boats “first come, first serve” I think the whole situation could have been avoided. I mean, what can you except from 500 study abroad students on spring break? We ended up just going back to the pool/beach area and having an awesome time. It would have been cool to be partying in the middle of the Mediterranean, though.
The weekend was just the craziness I needed after relaxing in Montpellier for the past three weeks after our Winter Break. And it was the perfect little taste of what is to come for Spring Break. We are planning on going to the Amalfi Coast!
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Location: Montpellier, FR