POST 21 (11/23/25) SUNDAY, THE LAST FULL DAY

Since the weather heated up again quite a bit, I knew the only thing to do was to get some last sun rays to put the finishing touch on my tan. To avoid tan lines, my best two options were the beach or Seven Hotel, so I opted for the latter.

I had a really good night's sleep and awakened in the nine o'clock hour. I got myself ready and shuffled off to the taxi stand, and like old faithful a taxi awaited my arrival and dashed me right off toward my destination. There was a different staff working today, also nice, and the place wasn't too crowded in general when I arrived. I grabbed an orange juice for starters, and once finished headed to the pool for a lounger. It was still sparcely populated, but filled in somewhat as the day wore on. I was likely the only day-pass guest, as it was clear all the guys around me were guests of the hotel. I sunned using my new timed playlists, which worked great. It's fun to hear a playlist that I composed of all music I enjoy and know that when it stops my time is up on that side. I also came up with the idea to do specific genre timed playlists as well, as these are all mixed genre lists.

At just after one, I moseyed over to the bar/dining area for lunch. I went for the healthy "Corazón de la Tierra" (heart of the earth), which was a mixed vegetable curry over jasmine rice. And it was excellent!

After lunch, I spent a little more time in the sun, and you can see here my perspective from the lounger:

I settled my bill, said my goodbyes, and had the receptionist call me a taxi, which showed up in two minutes as usual. Back at my hotel, I started my packing, wrote some of the blog for Saturday, and eventually headed out for an early dinner. I was headed for my last meal at 450 Gradi, but when I first walked by it was quite dead, so I did some extra walking to wait for things to perk up just a bit. I went in, and went to my usual spot at the counter. I was greeted with the usual warm VIP welcome. I told Antonio I was still going to do the carbonara and here's what that looked like:

It was amazing, as you'd expect, and the goodbyes sad but loving. This is my special place here, and not only a highlight of the island for me, but a place to feel so welcome, familiar, and comfortable.

I took one last walk through the Yumbo on the way back to the hotel, but not to any of the bars. I was already over that. I did a little shopping, and headed back to finish up. I blogged a bit, posted Saturday's entry, wrote some of this one, and got to packing. I also wanted to turn in early for a good nights sleep in preparation for the travel day and losing an hour when getting to Madrid.