Menorca: Days Six and Seven

Yesterday, D and I flew from Barcelona to Menorca - a quick 50 minute flight. We then waited in the world's slowest moving line in order to rent a car. We were very excited about being able to rent one of the cute little cars seen all over Spain. Alas, it was not to be - we ended up with Hertz's brand new SUV - a Hyundai. We started our drive (in Mao) and headed off to Ciutadella with the map provided by Hertz. We quickly realized that we needed a much better map given that ours was missing street names in Ciutadella - most notably, it was missing the street where our hotel is located. After making it to the outskirts of Ciutadella, we made a strong attempt to find our hotel - this attempt almost resulted in the end of our marriage. D was driving and I was navigating. Normally, this would not be a problem, but the suv barely fit down most of the teeny-tiny cobbled streets and the map gave no indication which streets were one way and which streets were not actually streets that you could drive on. We finally gave up, parked the car and walked around until we found the hotel. The hotel owner, a very nice man, walked us back to the car and drove the car to the parking lot where tourists could park without paying a fee. Amusingly, he was very excited about the suv and hoped that one of his friends would see him driving it!

By this point, it was dinner time (almost 8:30 pm). We ate near the Port de Ciutadella and had champagne sangria to celebrate the survival of our marriage.

Me standing by the Port de Ciutadella

D looking stunned (and weary) and grateful for champagne sangria.

Today, D and I got up early, determined to find the Roman fort near Cap de Cavalleria. Fail. Even with our new and improved map (which was still missing street names - turns out that there aren't very many named streets), finding the remains of the Roman fort was too challenging. But, it wasn't completely a loss. We found Cala Pregonda - a beautiful beach with gorgeous aqua blue water - and decided to stay there for the day.

Cala Pregonda

Along the hike to the beach, we saw these little piles of stones. They're very unique, but we were unable to find any information about them.

Strange piles of stones at Cala Pregonda.

Having converted to eating much later at night, D and I are now off to wander around Ciutadella and find a little tapas restaurant.