After staying inside yesterday I was dying to get out today and went out to get croissants as soon as I got up.
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The cats were out in full force, probably also dying to get out after a day inside. |
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They seem to consider the restaurants tables, sitting in the sun, their own personal elevated patios. |
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Showers were in the forecast and there were clouds piling up on the mountains around, but blue sky in "Port". |
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This Llaut has been on the hard getting new varnish and paint. It looks very smart but I took the picture because the blue is unusual, most Llauts are white. |
There were no croissants at the grocery store (she said she would be getting a delivery in 10 minutes) so I went to the
patisserie, (I have been trying to stay away from there, way too tempting) bought 3 croissant and had a
cafe con leche. After breakfast I went for a walk as we were planning on a road trip in the afternoon and I wanted some exercise.
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This little road goes off the large roundabout (where the buses stop and where the walk to Soller starts) |
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It is a country road, olive and carob trees, |
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chickens, |
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orange and lemon trees and |
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farm buildings. |
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The road, at first, follows a river bed (dry? which is odd given yesterdays rain) |
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Especially odd as water is pouring out of this drainage pipe in a terrace, |
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running in waves down the road |
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and the irrigation reservoirs are full to the brim. |
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After a while the road starts to climb up, out of the valley, |
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past a cluster of house, some that are beautiful |
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and some that need some TLC. |
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This place must have a fabulous view, down the valley and |
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its high enough to see across the town and harbour to the lighthouse out on the headland. |
I had told Mum and Dad that I would be home at a particular time so turned around and headed back down hill. Ate a vegetable pasty (purchased at the patisserie, see why I have to avoid it) on a wall by carob and olive trees.
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I'm not sure I can call it blossom but |
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the olive trees are starting to form this years olives. |
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Donkeys, terraces and olive trees. |
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There are pictures on the internet of fields of poppies but I have only seen the occasional one. |
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But there is no shortage of flowers. |
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I don't think he could of got that big eating lemons. |
Walking back I was sure I heard the jingle of harness:
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Round the corner came a mule cart. |
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That's why the jingling, bells on the bridle. |
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I walked back down to the roundabout and through "Port" to the apartment. |
After lunch we headed out for a road trip. I am leaving on Monday and Mum and Dad will be without a car until they leave on Thursday. We drove up to
Port d'Alcudia looking for roman ruins that we never found and then to
Alcudia. North East this time.
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In Alcudia, Mum sketched one of the walled towns entrance gates |
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and I sketched the back of the church (forgot to take a picture of the sketch) |