Quiz Question of the Day

Today, as our tour group was leaving to explore the city, the young woman at the front desk told us that whoever came back with the correct answer to her question would get a hug. The question was "What color is Ibiza?"

Other folks came back with the answer, white, or blue, or green, but the real answer is a bit more complicated.

Chuck and I learned that different parts of the city are different colors based on who founded that part of the city. The area with red buildings was founded by the Phoenicians ; the area with sandstone colored buildings was founded by the Romans; the area with the yellow buildings was founded by the Moors and the area with the blue buildings was founded by the Greeks. But there are many buildings painted white and they are white because the city government is going to institute an ordinance concerning the colors that buildings may be painted and so all of the people who live in the white buildings are waiting for the decree before they paint their houses so that they won't have to paint the houses twice. Nothing is ever that simple. She said my answer was the most complete so I got two hugs.Read more