We were originally supposed to go to Ajaccio, France but due to a large storm in our way we were delayed on our departure from Barcelona and we ended up having to change our port. So we went the the island of Mallorca, which happened to be a place where one of our crewmates is from so technically he got to go home for a few days.
In mallorca we had one of the most awesome port programs in the world! We got to go snorkeling!!!! We came to this place where they suited us up with full wetsuits and then loaded us up into boats where we were taken out into a few snorkeling destinations. The first one we went to was NOT good at all. Everyone got in and then everyone realized that the really pretty purple things in the water were jellyfish. And they were EVERYWHERE! It was absolutely insane, like wherever you looked there was one, anf if we didn’t have wetsuits I would have been stung everywhere because they were physically touching me. It was rather traumatizing. One of our Spanish speaking students from mexico was listening in on the guides overly loud conversation and they were saying stuff like “oh my god get everyone out of here, they’re going to sue us!!!!” and not realizing that 3 people there spoke Spanish. But we ended up getting out of there safely, a few people got stung on their hands and faces, but they toughed it out. The next place we went to was amazing. There was only like 2 jellyfish (thank god) and there were just cute little fish and really clear water, so many people brought there underwater cameras and got awesome pictures to add to the memory book. Me and one of my friends decided to go exploring in a dark cave, which was very sketchy because we could not see anything at all. The water was actually pretty warm and a few people took off their wetsuits and then we all started jumping off the edge of the boat doing all kinds of flips and tricks and dives. It was so awesome until one of the teachers spoiled our fun and told us we weren’t allowed to do flips (sadness!) but it was still so sick to be able to say we did that in Spain! Snorkeling was definitely a highlight from the whole entire trip. It was freaking amazing!
The next day Josh, Will, Aidan, Clio, Goldwin, and I decided to just hop on a bus somewhere and get off wherever looked cool and we ended up at the village of Deia,. It was this awesome little village that had a really rustic and Spanish vibe to it (believe it or not, due to globalization the cities in Spain look kind of the same as the cities in Canada. What a surprise!) We decided to go on a little hike down to a little cove. The water was so clear that you could see everything at the bottom and it was just rocks, but it looked awesome! (See photos below! That is if they upload!) We scaled the side of this cliff and it was worth it, we had an impeccable view of the Atlantic ocean and it was just amazing to think that we were in that place at that moment, and just thinking that we were there and then comparing where we were and where our friends and family were at that exact moment. After our hike we walked back (in the dark) and got an awesome view of the cathedral all lit up. We came across this really cute little restaurant where all the food was made basically in a kitchen just like how you have in your house and it was amazing! I had some of my friend’s Tuscan ravioli and it was one of the best tasting things I’ve had in my lifetime.
So those were the highlights of the Island of Mallorca, and just thought I should mention that I spent about 16 Euros on ice cream in that port (whoopsies!) and they have this amazing brand of chocolate in Spain called Milka and there’s this type that has strawberry yogurt filling in it, and it is possibly the best tasting chocolate out there. I noticed that I say a lot of food is the “best tasting” but it just all tastes delicious!
PHOTOS WILL BE POSTED LATER! I HAVE A TERRIBLE INTERNET CONNECTION AT THE MOMENT! SO HOLD ON!
Talk to you soon! <3 :)
-Megan
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