\nI am not much of a beach person. I do not like sand, and as for water, I prefer it when suitably diluted. But in Alicante there are plenty of spots where one can sit with a cold beer and enjoy the sights:
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![\"A060817\"](\"uploads\/2007\/40.jpg\")
<\/p>\nAlternate 1<\/em> Alternate 2<\/em> Alternate 3<\/em> Alternate 4<\/em> Alternate 5<\/em> Alternate 6<\/em> Alternate 7<\/em> Alternate 8<\/em> My first week in Alicante was focused mainly on finding an apartment and getting settled into my new job. This meant partly the usual hassles like opening a bank account, getting a mobile phone subscription etc. But I also had some time, especially at the weekend, to enjoy the city and its autumn weather. Main […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":60,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe alternates<\/strong>:<\/p>\n
\nI noticed that this guy was wearing funny-looking swimming trunks:
\n![\"A060821\"](\"uploads\/2007\/40alt1.jpg\")
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\nSo I walked over to him to get a closer look:
\n![\"A060823\"](\"uploads\/2007\/40alt2.jpg\")
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\nContinuing the walk, here is Castillo de Santa Barbara which dominates the Alicante skyline:
\n![\"A060825\"](\"uploads\/2007\/40alt3.jpg\")
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\nIn the old part of Alicante, like in many other Spanish cities, one sees lots of cats. Most are technically strays, but because people feed them and the climate is mild, they seem to thrive:
\n![\"A060838\"](\"uploads\/2007\/40alt4.jpg\")
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\nHere is a local Garfield:
\n![\"A060839\"](\"uploads\/2007\/40alt5.jpg\")
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\nOutside the town hall there was a wedding going on. I went to take a look at the car and noticed the protesters in the background. I first thought that there was some connection, but after asking them it turned out that they had scheduled their protest (against lack of affordable housing) well in advance and there was no intent to disrupt the wedding:
\n![\"A060860\"](\"uploads\/2007\/40alt6.jpg\")
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\nThe sign pinned to the pram reads roughly, “I am not going to have a house in my goddamn life!”:
\n![\"A060863\"](\"uploads\/2007\/40alt7.jpg\")
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\nI include this picture despite its technical imperfections because it illustrates a salient feature of Spanish life: much of it takes place outside. This is a very typical street scene–two women stop for a chat:
\n![\"A060871\"](\"uploads\/2007\/40alt8.jpg\")
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