2017-09-13 Marina Alcudiamar, Port d’Alcudia, Mallorca Island
Birthday boy!! 70 today!!A wonderful sunny day today so we decide to leave the marina and go for a day of sightseeing around the area and to the old town nearbySchmick marina!!The beach adjacent to the marina is a great place to spend the today for many of the visitors to the townWe depart the marina on our bikes as we plan to ride to the old town of Alcudia which is a few klms inland
The promenade at Port d’AlcudiaWe head off towards the old town of AlcudiaWe approach the old town and arrive at the Gate of the City WallsThe town is surrounded by a well preserved 14th Century medieval wallSmall cafes and restaurants are scattered all over the lovely old townThe area of Alcudia is well known to have been inhabited since the bronze age. Some of the houses in the old town date back to the 13th Century and are still very well preserved for their age
The long and narrow well kept and clean streets of AlcudiaChurch of St. Jaume
Beside the walled town are the remains of an old Roman town built when the Romans captured the island in 123 BC
We cycle back to the roundabout with the unusual sculpture which took us back to the port town of AlcudiamarThe beaches along the coast here stretch for miles and is a very popular tourist destination for families
Overlooking the marinaAfter our energetic day out on the bikes we arrive back at the marina
In the evening we catch a taxi from the marina to take us to Ric’s special birthday dinnerThe restaurant I booked for tonight is the Jardin Restaurant
Venus ‘La Universal 2012 D.O. Monstat, our wine served with our dinnerAn interesting starterSea cucumber, duck, aubergineWhite prawn, grilled fig and spinachLobster brioche with pickled glasswort and lemon balm
Lamb’s sweetbreads and figsHome made breadCuttlefish with scarlet shrimpGrilled John Dory with its own pil-pil sauce and flageoletsStewed morey eel with chickpeas and peanutsPigeon mortar with peach and sageGrilled pigeon breast with stewed xeixa burballesSpiced pumpkin with lavender milk and walnutsMolino Real 2012 D.O. MalagaGin and lemon frost on melon seed creamPine nut gateau, pine nuts horchata and pine tree ice creamMarvelous chocolates to finish the dinner
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