\nOn Monday my daughter was going to move into her house for the next year, and she also had the last of the four re-sit exams. So we knew that it would be a busy day and therefore took some time out of her studying to rent bikes and cycle the Cardiff Bay Trail, a nice little 10 km loop around the bay:
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\nThe weather was good and all kinds of creatures were taking advantage of it:
\n![\"DSF4013\"](\"uploads\/2013\/36_2.jpg\")
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\nMonday morning, while Monica was doing the walk-through of the house with the company that manages it, I drove to the self-storage place where she had left her things over the summer. On the way, I amused myself by looking at my neighbours on the road:
\n![\"DSF4030\"](\"uploads\/2013\/36_3.jpg\")
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\nMonica and her new housemates on Kincraig Street, where she will live the coming year:
\n![\"DSF4029\"](\"uploads\/2013\/36_4.jpg\")
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\nKincraig Street is a side street to City Road, the main thoroughfare of a very multi-ethnic neighbourhood with just the right amount of grittiness. Right on the corner is a facility which I certainly intend to frequent during future visits:
\n![\"DSF4032\"](\"uploads\/2013\/36_5.jpg\")
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\nThe standard sign indicating a proper watering hole:
\n![\"DSF4031\"](\"uploads\/2013\/36_6.jpg\")
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\nOnce Monica’s things were in the house, we went for lunch at one of the many restaurants on City Road, Milgi. It is an absolutely wonderful vegetarian restaurant:
\n![\"DSF4043\"](\"uploads\/2013\/36_7.jpg\")
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\nMilgi is a feast for the eyes as well:
\n![\"DSF4046\"](\"uploads\/2013\/36_8.jpg\")
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\nMonday evening I flew home to Alicante, to my familiar surroundings. But now my company consists of my wife and Cheeta (we also have a cat, but he comes and goes as he likes):
\n![\"_1010384\"](\"uploads\/2013\/36_9.jpg\")
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\nThe rest of the week was consumed by work and I don’t think I took a single picture. But then Saturday arrived, and after a morning bike ride, my wife and I went to the Mercado Central to buy a few things, especially fresh cilantro and other herbs. To get to the veggie section you have to walk through the fish section, always a good source for photos:
\n![\"L1009762\"](\"uploads\/2013\/36_10.jpg\")
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\nAfterwards, we went to a health food store in the Calle \u00c3\u0081ngel Lozano. While we were there, the first rain in a couple of months began to fall. I photographed this couple on an otherwise almost empty street:
\n![\"L1009766\"](\"uploads\/2013\/36_11.jpg\")
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\nThen I photographed the STOP sign on the bike path:
\n![\"L1009769\"](\"uploads\/2013\/36_12.jpg\")
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\nAnd then I noticed that the couple, as if they were obeying the sign, had indeed stopped to embrace:
\n![\"L1009768\"](\"uploads\/2013\/36_13.jpg\")
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\nIn the evening, we went to a wine tasting at a wine shop in the beach town of El Campello, just north of us. While taking a break outside for some fresh air, I saw this:
\n![\"L1009773\"](\"uploads\/2013\/36_14.jpg\")
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\nThe I quickly walked down to the beach promenade to have a look at El Campello harbour illuminated by the setting sun:
\n![\"L1009776\"](\"uploads\/2013\/36_15.jpg\")
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\nAnd the sky over the paseo<\/em> was on fire:
\n![\"L1009778\"](\"uploads\/2013\/36_16.jpg\")
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\nWe finished the evening with dinner at our usual tapas place, Los Charros. There were a couple of new faces among the staff, including this very animated and photogenic guy:
\n![\"L1009787\"](\"uploads\/2013\/36_17.jpg\")
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\nAnd this is why I like Los Charros. Besides tapas, we also eat proper food there, such as this codillo<\/em> (pig shank) which costs the grand sum of \u00e2\u201a\u00ac6 and is absolutely delicious:
\n![\"L1009784\"](\"uploads\/2013\/36_18.jpg\")
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