Golf, Scuba Diving and More on Ibiza
Carl had been wanting visit the Balearic Island of Ibiza for as long as he could remember, though he was quite sure the desire to do so went even further back than that. He remembers he older brother talking about a great summer vacation he had taken there years ago and this left such a strong impression on the ten year old Carl that Ibiza become something of a mythological paradise in his mind and he longed for the day that he would be able to make this journey himself. And that’s what it amounted to, for Carl it really was a rite of passage or his interpretation of the hero’s journey, which demonstrates how significant the anticipation of this trip became for him.
He was twenty-two when the time arrived. It was actually later than what he had originally intended, throughout his early teen years he planned to visit Ibiza as soon as he turned eighteen. However, life’s obstacles got in his way, as they have a tendency to do and he went to college straight out of high school. He had to work his way through school and was too poor during those years to take any kind of a dream vacation, so he worked hard and studied and it was actually at his graduation party that his older brother presented him with the plane tickets and a reservation for a week long stay in one of the fabulous hotels Ibiza.
As it turned out, Carl’s trip was even better than he had ever imagined it to be. This surprised him somewhat because he really had incredible expectations. His brother had given him two tickets and he brought his best friend Troy with him. They enjoyed the infamous club scene that is associated with the Island, though Carl was more interested in exploring the beautiful beaches and spending time learning to scuba dive. They also enjoyed the beautiful golf courses on the island. And the two of them spend a day exploring the interior island and were amazed at how rich in artifacts and cultural relics it contained. Ibiza was the beautiful paradise he imagined it to be and Carl wrote a poem to Plato and though it was full of respect, it clearly told him he was wrong about reality never matching the imagined ideal.