{"id":1279,"date":"2014-10-21T22:40:46","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T21:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1279"},"modified":"2014-10-21T22:40:46","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T21:40:46","slug":"week-42-francisco-gomez-irkas-birthday","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1279","title":{"rendered":"Week 42: Francisco Gomez, Irka’s birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

My sister and brother-in-law were with us until Wednesday, and on Monday we celebrated her birthday. Otherwise, it was the usual mix of work, cycling and some very nice weather.<\/p>\n

42_1<\/strong>
\nOn Sunday I took my visitors to the Francisco Gomez vineyard, a modern bodega about 70 km from Alicante which is a great place to visit. On the way you drive through some nice fields with interesting views:
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42_2<\/strong>
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42_3<\/strong>
\nThe vineyard:
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42_4<\/strong>
\nThe courtyard:
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42_5<\/strong>
\nThe old new fa\u00c3\u00a7ade. In fact, Francisco Gomez is a brand new bodega, having produced its first wines only 10 years ago. But some of the buildings are built with old stones from Andaluc\u00c3\u00ada:
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42_6<\/strong>
\nA modern gargoyle of sorts:
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42_7<\/strong>
\nThe fermentation tanks:
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42_8<\/strong>
\nFrancisco Gomez produces both wine and olive oil. This is a detail of an old olive press:
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42_9<\/strong>
\nThe cellar:
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42_10<\/strong>
\nThe tour is ending soon; our guide explains the wines and olive oil we will taste in a few minutes:
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42_11<\/strong>
\nIn the tasting room, some snacks are laid out for us to go along with the wine:
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42_12<\/strong>
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42_13<\/strong>
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42_14<\/strong>
\nMy sister gets down to business:
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42_15<\/strong>
\nWhile we were touring the facilities, the sky became more interesting:
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42_16<\/strong>
\nI had also brought my medium format film camera, loaded with TriX:
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42_17<\/strong>
\nSome food porn from home; a paella:
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42_18<\/strong>
\nAnd some Argentina-style grilled beef:
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42_19<\/strong>
\nMonday morning my wife prepared a sumptuous birthday breakfast for my sister. Cheeta was very interested in the proceedings:
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42_20<\/strong>
\nThe way to start the day:
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42_21<\/strong>
\nIn the evening, my sister is munching on something, and Cheeta, as always, shows great interest:
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42_22<\/strong>
\nThe way to end the day:
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Then on to some cycling pictures.<\/p>\n

42_23<\/strong>
\nThe door of the church in Aig\u00c3\u00bces. The priest’s name is Francisco, but evidently to his flock he is simply Paco:
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42_24<\/strong>
\nSunrise on Playa San Juan:
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42_25<\/strong>
\nDawn on Playa Muchavista:
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42_26<\/strong>
\nAbout 20 minutes later, in the hills, the rising sun illuminates the road and a rather drab-looking building:
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42_27<\/strong>
\nView of Alicante from the descent from Aig\u00c3\u00bces:
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42_28<\/strong>
\nThe highest point in the village of Busot is occupied by the cemetery, as is often the case in small-town Spain:
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42_29<\/strong>
\nPeeling paint on the road to Jijona:
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42_30<\/strong>
\nCat on balcony in Aig\u00c3\u00bces, looking at something:
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42_31<\/strong>
\nLooking at me:
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Finally, two miscellaneous images that I include just because I like them.<\/p>\n

42_32<\/strong>
\nOur favourite local pizza place, La Tagliatella:
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42_33<\/strong>
\nSaturday night, we are at a party with an Algerian theme, and one of my wife’s good friends Nereida is talking to another friend of ours:
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