The pictures I show for this week form two main parts. The early part of the week was spent in Alicante, doing the usual things. On Thursday afternoon, I flew to Brussels to attend an important meeting at the EC Commission Friday. It was very good to be back in a city where I lived for several years and which I like very much.
But first Alicante.
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I go to the Mercado Central almost every Saturday to buy food. Besides the fact that certain foods are better and cheaper than in the supermarkets, it is also a lot more interesting and photogenic. This woman (whom I have photographed before) has got to be the most attractive fishmonger around:
The alternates:
Alternate 1
And she can interact with her customers too:
Alternate 2
Lots of signs like this all over the place. I think this plot of land will be for sale for quite a while:
Alternate 3
The sun does not always shine here. Monday night looked like this in the centre of Alicante:
Alternate 4
But by Tuesday afternoon things were back to normal:
Alternate 5
Thursday I took a lunchtime flight to Madrid and then on to Brussels. Just because I am cooped up in a plane does not mean that I do not look for photo opportunities:
Alternate 6
Friday morning in Brussels. We are walking from our hotel to the Commission, through Parc Leopold:
Alternate 7
Friday afternoon. The meeting is over, and I am walking back to the hotel, crossing the courtyard of the European Parliament:
Alternate 8
View of Place du Luxembourg from the Parliament:
Friday night, I was on my own money, so I moved to a cheaper hotel near Place Ste-Catherine, one of the city’s best areas for bars and restaurants, just what is needed on a Friday evening.
Alternate 9
I was in one of my favourite bars in Brussels, the Monk, just snapping randomly. There is both subject and photographer movement, but I still like it:
Alternate 10
Looking out onto the square:
Alternate 11
And finally, I was amused by the bartender’s T-shirt which says, “Do not feed the pickpockets”:
all on m8 with 35mm?
Comment by bruce — 13 February 2009 @ 12:57 am
Hi Nathan,
Naw that couldn’t be, could it?” 
:-)
Always a worth while to open. Although I do have concern for the well being of the photographer? “bar photo with photographer and subject movment?” It appears of greater concern of the influenced “leaning angle” of the photographer?”
good night.
cheers,
ted
Comment by Ted Grant — 13 February 2009 @ 7:05 am
Nice views in Brussels and it does make me feel better that it can rain in Alicante too. Nothing fishy about the woman in the Mercado Central
Comment by Wiliam Wagenaar — 13 February 2009 @ 10:05 am