DAY ONE IN IBIZA

Hello Blog readers! Katie here in Ibiza.. it's day two, morning here on the sunny island, so i thought i would use this as a chance to talk about yesterday's experiences here at IMS.

In the morning I went off to the airport to meet winner Kyle and his friend Aaron. They are both from Burnley - up near Manchester - and are lovely guys. They work as engineers making parts for planes - which is very responsible and facinating to hear about.

We came back to the hotel, dropped of their bags and headed straight out on a local bus to Ibiza town to check out the surroundings. It's really very quaint and beautiful here and the harbour area where we had some breakfast was bathed in sunshine and gorgeously warm! As soon as we were fed, we headed up to the Gran Hotel where the IMS is being held. OH MY GAWD. This hotel is 5* and the most incredible building i have ever set foot in. As Aaron rightly called it - a 'pimp's palace'. Amazing architecture, marble floors, bright blue pool, sun loungers - and a whole summit load of cool people hanging out and learning about the future of electronic music. The lectures take place in a huge room near the pool, and every few hours there is a break for food and drink. We watched a bit before heading outside and having some yummy food.

In the afternoon, we decided to take a wander up to the castle area on the waterfront where the Friday night IMS party is taking place. Stunning views across the island - and we shot a little video up there which you can see soon.

By this point we were a little weak and warm, so went back to our hotel to get changed before going back to IMS and throwing ourselves whole-heartedly into the networking experience. We started chatting to a French chap called Gerald - and met all of his new friends from all over the world (Germany, Holland, South Africa, Scotland, Liverpool, Dubai and more!). We all got on so well, that we decided to go for a late night pizza dinner in town - 12 of us! - and then onto a bar called Grial. Chatting and laughing and getting to know so many new international friends was great - and I know that Aaron and Kyle were both really surprised how much we all had in common.

Anyways - we got back VERY late/VERY early - and are now awake and alive and ready for another day in Ibiza. Good times. Great times.. Check out the videos from the day below:






IMS day two - here we come!

Katie x