A quiet week, marked by lunches with friends from my old department, and with Eri. And a visit to the mountain village Tibi to buy goat cheese.
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We have had many days with strong wind, and the results are visible around Alicante:
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At the same time, spring is clearly on the way, as evidenced by the blooming almond trees:
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As always, Mochi features in my weekly blog. Here he is keeping my wife company while she eats lunch:
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At the end of our morning walks, Mochi and I stop by the bakery to buy bread for breakfast. Since dogs are not supposed to enter shops that sell food, he has to wait outside:
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The owner of the bakery always comes outside and gives him some fresh bread:
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On Tuesday, I went for lunch at the beachfront restaurant Moments with some colleagues from my old department. Even though I have been head of a different departent since July 2024, I am still very attached to some of the people in my old department, and so we decided to get together for lunch like in the old days. Justyna is studying the menu seriously with Anne-Sophie looking on:
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Now Justyna is smiling, with her fellow Pole Michal looking on:
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Kasia and Carolina. In our group of 6 people, we were 4 Poles, 1 Spaniard and 2 Danes. This is made possible by my dual Polish-Danish nationality:
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Artichokes are in season, and when grilled by Moments, they are totally delicious:
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My main dish, tartar de atún:
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Another early morning on the beach, well before sunrise:
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Later in the week, the wind was again very strong. It came from inland, pushing against the waves:
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On Friday, Eri and I went for lunch at a new place, called Zagálico, specialising in Murcian food:
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As usual, I captured Eri’s expressions across the table:
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On Saturday, the wind was still blowing, and blowing too strongly to ride the bike in the mountains. Instead, I took the car and drove to Tibi, the village where I sometimes go to buy locally produced goat cheese. The village is nestled in a valley in the mountains, and the approach road is very steep. I stopped to photograph the view with the 60mm lens:
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The view from the same spot, with the 90mm lens:
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The landscape around Tibi, with olive and almond trees:
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I walked around the centre of Tibi a bit. It is a pretty little town, of course with a church as the focal point:
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Next to the church is a chapel, currently under renovation:
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A tree-lined alley connects the cemetery to the church:
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Tibi’s health clinic:
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Tibi’s senior citizen centre (not sure if it is a residence or just an activities centre):
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Typical narrow street:
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I finally walked to the cheese shop, run by Lili, originally from German-speaking Switzerland, whom I have known for many years:
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I remember first visiting maybe 12-14 years ago, and seeing Lili’s little girl trying to help out in the shop. Now that little girl is old enough to look after the shop by herself:
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On the way home via Jijona, I stopped once more to photograph the town from the road above, leading to the Puerto de Tibi mountain pass where I had been to see the Vuelta de la Comunidad Valenciana cycling race earlier in the month:
