Travel and Life things: Tales of Cala Vadella, Ibiza

They say that leisure is a luxury only affordable by the elites now. I on the other hand don't second that opinion. In my view, leisure and fun can be experienced by anyone who has a mind open enough. You could be sitting in a café sipping the usual black coffee and reading a cheesy novel and even that can elate your happiness to cloud nine.

^{Moment of truth}

Though I can't be a liar right now, I am this happy because I'm laying on a beach in Ibiza, in the sun sipping drinks out of a pineapple looking jar and according to me all of my dreams have come true. I spent the majority of my life with my nose in the books, studying mostly or I would go to weird clubs with my friends on weekends and lose myself there. You know how Berlin can be..

In between all of this, I never had time to just stop or take a pause for a day and think about my life or appreciate what I have now. I never allowed myself to connect with nature, connect with this world. These past few days in Ibiza were a real eye opener. One of these evenings, after one full day of swimming in the sea, drinking and laughing at silly jokes with @sjennon, I finally stood up and walked up to the sea. In that moment something bigger took over me. It was serene. I'd never felt so peaceful in my life. Looking at the sun merging into the sea, leaving red and orange hues in its fall. The soft rustling sounds of the waves as they hit the shore and the immense stretch of the sea - it just seemed never ending, calm. In that moment I realised that we spend a lot of our time overthinking stupid things and not doing a lot of the things that could make us happy. - which often leaves a regret deep inside us.

^{Ibiza sunset}

The world is so much bigger than any of us. It's when you experience the beauty of nature in such vastness that you begin to question everything. Was all that stress necessary? All those hours you spent killing yourself over some work which didn't even bring happiness to you, but only to others. No, it was not.

^{@sjennon and her new feline BFF}

I used to see a lot of posts about how a couple left their high paying jobs and went to travel instead. Articles like these and some more as such used to make me wonder, why on earth would you ever leave such a great paying job just to see this lame world? And now I know why. They probably were tired of making the world happy instead of themselves. And when they got that taste of the tranquility that nature, and seeing the world along with the freedom that it gives, they just couldn't let that go. I don't find the world lame anymore, it's beautiful. Nature can be your ultimate companion because it will become for you what you want it to be.

^{@sjennon and me chillin' by the pool}

Unlike them, I can't begin my adventures yet, but this past week was more than enough to wake me up. They say that on Ibiza island there is place called the magic mountains, known as Es Vedrà. Mythology and legend say it's the home to the lunar goddess Tanit, who is also the patroness of the Ibiza islands. It's also called the home of the sirens and a secret UFO base (lol). I don't know how true any of it is, but they say when you are near the magic mountains you feel the calmness spreading through your body. You are ten times more relaxed and all seems fine with life. Honestly, I cannot deny this feeling, because when I had just come to Ibiza I was really stressed about my work and now I feel like a feather floating on top of foam.

I am basically on cloud nine.

^{Nearly drowning but I got my pink friend}

I wake up to the view of a clear sunny sky warming the waters of the deep blue sea below it. Seagulls singing in a distant place are my alarm more than often. Which makes waking up in the morning a great thing and doesn't seem like work or effort anymore. When I wake up here, I know it's gonna be amazing. The day seems full of promise.

^{Breathtaking view from our room - THIS is what we wake up to every morning}

Today is my last day here and I couldn't help but write about this.

I implore everyone who is reading this, to take such a pause from your busy life. Go see what's out there! DIscover what is real and discover this world. And when you are done, or even during, the Steem community will be more than present to listen to your experience. I would also like to add @firepower you are one lucky beaaaatch to have traveled so much, I hope you can start doing that again soon.

Live long and prosper.
@things out!