A quiet week at home, lots of work, so most of the photos are from the weekends at the beginning and end of the week. There were three events of note: the monthly meeting of our book club, a lunch with a former trainee who was visiting Alicante, and the beginning of the Easter week.
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While cycling to Aigues, I once again happened upon this very dignified cat whom I had photographed a couple of weeks earlier:
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During another ride to the same area the weather was less welcoming:
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On Thursday evening we had the monthly meeting of our book club WeRead, at the usual bar in the centre:
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The book we read was “The Red-Haired Woman” by Orhan Pamuk, a Turkish Nobel Prize winner. The book had been selected by our newest member, Gülgun, a Turkish trainee in our office. Here she explains why she had chosen that book:
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Then we took turns talking about our perception of the book. Here is our northern European contingent: Carolina (Dutch), Kirsten (Danish) and Ursula (Finnish):
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Christine talks, Ursula listens:
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Eri had taken the book seriously and came prepared with notes:
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Eri, listening:
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No week is complete without some photos from my walks with Mochi. Here is some morning light:
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A friendly encounter:
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An evening walk to The Place:
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This week, our office held a career event for our trainees. Various companies were there to show off their employment opportunities, and former trainees were on hand to talk to the current ones about their post-traineeship careers. One of them was Romy, who was a trainee in my department in 2023-24 and now works in Brussels. She stayed in Alicante for the weekend, and on Saturday we met for lunch in the centre, at a Lebanese restaurant called Mish Mish. On the way from the parking to the restaurant I stopped to take in this amusing sign of multicultural Alicante–an Algerian pizza place:
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Romy studies the menu:
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Romy has always willingly posed for me. She likes being photographed:
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I had brought Mochi with me, and he and Romy hit it off immediately. I call this photo “Beauty and the Beast (take your pick)”:
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On Sunday morning I cycled to Agost, as I often do. The town is usually rather sleepy. But not today; it was Palm Sunday, start of the Easter week, and it seemed that the whole town was taking part in the procession:
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