{"id":2392,"date":"2019-06-11T07:09:52","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T14:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/?p=2392"},"modified":"2019-06-11T07:09:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T14:09:52","slug":"ibiza-is-the-planets-party-place-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/travel\/2392\/ibiza-is-the-planets-party-place-and-more","title":{"rendered":"Ibiza is the Planet\u2019s Party Place and More"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"ME

ME Ibiza resort\u2019s pool is right on the Mediterranean and another is on the roof. (Photo by Harrison Shiels)<\/p><\/div>\n

Four Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity brothers, having just graduated from the University of Michigan, decided to reconvene for a collegiate \u201cdebrief\u201d only three weeks after commencement ceremonies in Ann Arbor. After four years of cohabitating on campus, Harrison, Ben, Larry and Benji \u2013 who in their post-graduate professional pursuits will disperse to be based in Los Angeles, Miami, New Jersey and Madrid \u2013 wanted to keep their frat house fun going just a little longer, so they convened in Ibiza. Ibiza is a small island 60 miles off the southeastern coast of Spain and is the planet\u2019s best party destination, according to\u00a0MadeForSpainAndPortugal.com<\/a>, the region\u2019s award-winning international custom tour operator.<\/p>\n

\"Poolside

Poolside at ME Ibiza. (Photo by Harrison Shiels)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIbiza is where everybody wants to be seen and enjoy the music and beauty. The party culture intensifies after dark, but Ibiza is also famous for beach clubs with day parties. You listen to good, chill music during the day and then dance\u00a0at 2 a.m.<\/a>,\u201d explained Rene Hoeltschl, general manager of ME Ibiza resort hotel. Pache is the original Ibiza nightclub and Hi Ibiza is also very popular. Hoeltschl pointed to the panorama of the Mediterranean Sea and Balearic Islands below from \u201cRadio,\u201d the rooftop bar and restaurant of ME Ibiza, his stylish, contemporary boutique beauty. The midday electronic house music was already pumping from a poolside DJ four stories below and next door at Nikki Beach. \u201cThis is where the music was born, when the first important DJ\u2019s came here to create their music and take it all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Larry,

Larry, Harrison, Benji and Ben at Pache nightclub. (Photo by Harrison Shiels)<\/p><\/div>\n

After a late night and lay-in (even though they were four-to-a-room) the lads consumed the lavish ME breakfast buffet, including Spanish meats and cheeses, and washed it down with flutes of Prosecco. It was the trip\u2019s last day \u2013 after a big night – so the lads then sought the serenity of ME Ibiza resort\u2019s rooftop sundeck and pool bar next to the open-air, scenic spa area, and sleep it off.<\/p>\n

After seeing the Mediterranean all afternoon between sleepy dozes, they decided it was time to get into the sea somewhere also quiet. On advice from the ME\u2019s concierge, they drove 15 minutes north of the resort to Cala Mastella, a hidden, rocky, tree-lined inlet with a tiny beach bar.<\/p>\n

\"Wolverine

Wolverine alumnus Harrison at ME. (Photo by Harrison Shiels)<\/p><\/div>\n

They splashed and swam and tossed around a University of Michigan rubber football. And when they climbed on the boulders to skip rocks into the sea, these newly-graduated collegians, these highly-educated young men headed into the professional world, these masters of their universes\u2026were just being boys again.<\/p>\n

Later, in the twilight, it was Benji\u2019s turn to fly away first. After a quiet 30-minute drive to the airport with awkward small talk, his frat brothers stood at the departure curb outside the airport bidding adios to him before his evening flight home to Madrid.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell\u2026.see you \u2018never,\u2019\u201d Ben joked.<\/p>\n

Benji then, diplomatically, with handshakes, offered each of them an encouraging personal thought.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany are envious you get another year in Ann Arbor,\u201d he said to Larry, who was heading back to Michigan alone to finish up his business studies.<\/p>\n

After hugs Benji walked into the terminal and they slumped back into the rental car and shut the doors.<\/p>\n

\u201cMan, that sucked,\u201d Ben admitted to the other fellows.<\/p>\n

After a few quiet seconds, Harrison steered the car away and broke the silence.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou think the next time we see Benji he\u2019ll be a boring old man?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe kind of already is,\u201d Ben answered.<\/p>\n

And with resilient laughter, the grads headed to the seafront Blue Marlin outdoor nightclub to keep the party going on their last night in Ibiza.<\/p>\n

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Visit\u00a0MadeForSpainAndPortugal.com<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0MEbyMelia.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Contact<\/em>\u00a0Travel Writer Michael Patrick Shiels at\u00a0MShiels@aol.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0His radio program may be heard weekdays at\u00a0MiBigShow.com<\/a>\u00a0or in Lansing on WJIM am 1240\u00a0from 9-noon<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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