Egoism and Stubbornness

Menorca, April 2019

This is the most spontaneous trip i ever planned, deciding at eleven pm, booking the flight for next morning eight am and packing the backpack within ten minutes with all the necessities to camp in the woods or at the beach. Weather forecast is great and there is no doubt i won't have a great time. 

My body feels miserable and stiff after seven weeks of continuous city life since my Ramallah trip. Funnily enough i can't be disciplined to do sports or live healthy enough when in Berlin. Damn it. So i drink the last drop of Whiskey, smoke the last cigarette and fall asleep after sending a text message to my colleague from work to say i am off. Very egoistic of me, i know. Can't help it though. Not leaving major chaos or things undone behind of course , able to check work mails and resolve. Thank you Simone for keeping up with me. But i could not resist of taking advantage of four days off work plus one day i was supposed to support my colleague but flight options at this time of the year are not to choose but just to take. 

I arrive midday at Mahon, do the usual dry fruits , nuts and lemons shopping, fill up the water bottles from the former GDR military service and there i am back on track into the wilderness of the island‘s northern part walking along the so called Camí del Cavalls (horse trail). I get so excited and walk far faster than actually planned that i do the six day trail in three and a half. My body hurts but stubbornness does not hold me back from fulfilling a challenge. Nature is amazingly beautiful and rough, i am all alone as there is nobody around besides the local trail runners training for the next competition. 

Having finished earlier than expected in Ciutadella, i take a bus to the airport, hire a car and drive to my very good old friend‘s country house to spend two nights there on my own. Next day i swim in the nearby southern waters which seem like caribbean cristal clear blue and run the trails up and down. What a good choice i made.

Farewell Donkey!