{"id":1264,"date":"2014-09-20T19:38:26","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T18:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1264"},"modified":"2014-09-20T19:38:26","modified_gmt":"2014-09-20T18:38:26","slug":"week-37-moraira-and-cycling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1264","title":{"rendered":"Week 37: Moraira and cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another week spent at home, just working and cycling. However, we visited some friends up the coast at the weekend, and we had a wine tasting at work. So it was a nice week, overall.<\/p>\n

37_1<\/strong>
\nA picture taken at a small grocery store just outside Elche, where I usually stop for a drink when I am out cycling on weekends in that area. The local cats sometimes hang around, waiting for someone to come and eat breakfast (and share it with them):
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37_2<\/strong>
\nIndeed, now somebody new has arrived, so I am suddenly less interesting:
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37_3<\/strong>
\nIn the afternoon that Sunday, we drove the 70 km up to Moraira where some English friends who live in Zurich have a vacation home. Whenever they are down here, we usually go and visit them. Their apartment is not on the beach; instead, it is in the hills surrounding the town, with this view from the terrace:
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37_4<\/strong>
\nThis is the neighbouring subdivision:
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37_5<\/strong>
\nThe lady of the house, Georgina:
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37_6<\/strong>
\nMichael is a trained chef, and even if he is just grilling simple lamb chops, his food is invariably delicious:
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37_7<\/strong>
\nAnd then dusk fell and it was time to go home. But before leaving, we were treated to the full moon over Moraira:
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37_8<\/strong>
\nBack to work on Monday morning. But before going to the office, I do 35 km on the bike. It may be September, but it is too hot in the afternoon to cycle after work, so I get out early instead. One advantage of that is that I get rewarded with views like this during the first 10 km along the beach:
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37_9<\/strong>
\nSome days there are morning clouds, a sign that autumn is sort of, maybe, on its way. It makes for more interesting light when I walk the dog:
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37_10<\/strong>
\nTuesday afternoon we had the monthly wine tasting at the office. A nice touch–each place setting had a small plate of Cabernet Sauvignon grapes:
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37_11<\/strong>
\nThe bodeguero<\/em> explaining his wine making philosophy. We were tasting wines from a bodega right here in Alicante province, Vins del Comtat<\/a>. All the wines are excellent and all are under \u00e2\u201a\u00ac10 a bottle. The Alicante denomination is not famous but it is in fact one of the oldest wine-growing areas in Europe:
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37_12<\/strong>
\nOn Saturday I was out cycling in the mountains again, and so were other cyclists:
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The remaining four images are portraits of various people, quite different from one another.<\/p>\n

37_13<\/strong>
\nMy colleague Beatrice is a frequent “victim” of my photography, even though we no longer work in the same department and do not see each other that often. The other day she got confirmed in a new appointment, which pleased her–and those of us who like her (which means most people at the office):
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37_14<\/strong>
\nMonica is letting her hair grow again:
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37_15<\/strong>
\nA friend at a birthday party Saturday night:
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37_16<\/strong>
\nAnd finally, Lupi looking out:
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