The Long Good Friday: Ibiza

They have everything in Palma. I saw this phone with a screen you can touch, and it's so big you can see the time AND read the writing if you set it to super huge 26 pt font.

It's even got a camera. Handy for me on nights out when things get a bit blurry after 2 pints, I just snap away and piece it all together the next day. So I went watching the Maradonnas at Raco Verd last night, great band comprised of Claude from Destino on vocals and the lad who chefs there on lead guitar with some others.


I got a good seat by arriving way too early at 22.10 for the 22.00 start.

Ignore that clock, it's stopped.


Anyway, by 23.05 when the band strode majestically on stage, I'd had a few scoops and things got pretty blurry.

See what I mean?

Ibiza: The Times they are A-changin'

They certainly are too! It's not often I can boast that I've actually been in an Ibiza place as recommended by The Times, but now I can.

The Article and blurb is

Insiders' guide: Ibiza on a budget
The jetset may have pushed the prices up, but you can still have fun without breaking the bank. Six island insiders show you how

Anyway, one of the places is Destino, just down the lane from us, and coincidentally, where we dined with my parents on Thursday night.

The old codger opined that he always feels like he's in real Spain when eating at Destino. The irony of his statement is that other than its position in a Spanish village and two waitresses who are Spanish, Destino could be in an affluent suburb of Frankfurt!

Its owner is German/Moroccan, its chef Brazilian, its customers affluent Boho northern Europeans and its food North African/Pacific rim fusion.

I like it very much! Allow €25 a person for a right good stuffing with wine.