The famous 'Reloj de Vara de Rey' is removed from Ibiza, a meeting point for the island's residents for several generations
What ibicenco that precie has never used in his life the 'King's Clock' as reference? In spite of being also a thermometer, for us it will always be 'The clock'. Yes, you read well, it will be. A group of operators has proceeded to withdraw after having finalized the contract for the advertising exploitation of urban furniture with the company to which it was awarded.
Between the amazement and the grief, the pedestrians saw a few days ago how they took one of the mythical emblems of Ibiza. Besides easy to locate, the Paseo de Vara de Rey It is quite extensive in itself but to us, the Ibicencos, what we liked was "to stay on the clock", because yes, because there was no room for misunderstandings, because we all did it this way.
No matter where you came from, the residents of the rest of municipalities of the island were also cited in this mythical enclave. It did not matter that in the center of the famous walk a beautiful monument to the Ibizan general Joaquín Vara de Rey y Rubio stood up, who died heroically fighting in the war in Cuba. We decided that the watch was the key point.
Different generations they have used it as a meeting place. Saturdays began here and, little by little, the other days of the week also moved to this point. You had an appointment with whom you had or wherever you went later, the clock of Vara de Rey was the beginning of all good plan, regardless of the rest.
Surely him we owe him nice reunions, fun big crowds or long and bitter waits that maybe they didn't end well. Undoubtedly, it was the perfect excuse to bump into that special someone "by chance".
Anyway, we will never forget this simple instrument to which we knew to grant a utility much more beautiful than the one to mark the hours and the temperature: the one of get together.
