{"id":1383,"date":"2015-04-09T21:28:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T20:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1383"},"modified":"2015-04-09T21:28:33","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T20:28:33","slug":"week-16-easter-in-alicante","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1383","title":{"rendered":"Week 16: Easter in Alicante"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was a nice week, ending with a four-day weekend: both Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays in Spain. As I do every year, I went to the centre on Friday and Sunday to have a look at the Easter processions. There was also a medieval market in our neighbourhood, which provided some photo opportunities (as well as some good beer and cheese).<\/p>\n<p><strong>16_1<\/strong><br \/>\nGood Friday procession of the Virgen de la Soledad, just after leaving the church:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/16_1.jpg\" alt=\"DSF6003\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>16_2<\/strong><br \/>\nAnother Good Friday procession. My American friends always find these outfits ominous, but I assure the viewer that they have nothing to do with the KKK and indeed predate the Klan:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/16_2.jpg\" alt=\"DSF6007\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>16_3<\/strong><br \/>\nSaturday morning, a quiet golf course photographed while walking Cheeta:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/16_3.jpg\" alt=\"DSF6024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>16_4<\/strong><br \/>\nThe statistics tell us that Spain&#8217;s economy has turned the corner in 2014 and is now growing at a good pace. I see signs of this in my neighbourhood, where shops that have stood empty for months or even years now have new tenants. Here is a gourmet food shop that is opening in a small commercial centre near our home:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/16_4.jpg\" alt=\"DSF6017\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>16_5<\/strong><br \/>\nStill same Saturday morning dog walk; a man is having breakfast at a local bakery:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/16_5.jpg\" alt=\"DSF6027\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>16_6<\/strong><br \/>\nOn Easter Sunday I went to the centre of town again, but this time I went too late to see the two processions that meet outside City Hall for the culmination of the festivities. But instead, I saw something I have not seen before, the aftermath of one of the processions. Here is Virgen de la Alegr\u00c3\u00ada on a little square next to the monastery where the statue is kept:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/16_6.jpg\" alt=\"DSF6033\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>16_7<\/strong><br \/>\nThe <em>paso<\/em> is dismantled, a delicate operation:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/16_7.jpg\" alt=\"DSF6058\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>16_8<\/strong><br \/>\nChildren pick up the small handbills that are thrown, confetti-like, from the balcony of the town hall:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/16_8.jpg\" alt=\"DSF6031\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>16_9<\/strong><br \/>\nA bar with questionable beer selection, decorated for the holidays:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/16_9.jpg\" alt=\"DSF6064\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>16_10<\/strong><br \/>\nWall art:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/16_10.jpg\" alt=\"DSF6029\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>16_11<\/strong><br \/>\nWall of poetry:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/16_11.jpg\" alt=\"DSF6063\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>16_12<\/strong><br \/>\nWall painting:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/16_12.jpg\" alt=\"DSF6065\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>16_13<\/strong><br \/>\nWall painting and parking:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/16_13.jpg\" alt=\"DSF6066\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The final four images are from the medieval market in my neighbourhood. These markets consist of stalls selling food, drink, some handicraft and trinkets. There are also pony rides for the children, and of course, this being Spain, bars and restaurants. The whole thing lasts 3-4 days, and then they move on to some other town.<\/p>\n<p><strong>16_14<\/strong><br \/>\nPulpo:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/16_14.jpg\" alt=\"DSF6067\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>16_15<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Embutidos<\/em> from Mallorca:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/16_15.jpg\" alt=\"DSF6068\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>16_16<\/strong><br \/>\nCheese from Menorca&#8211;it was delicious and I bought some, made from raw sheep&#8217;s milk:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/16_16.jpg\" alt=\"DSF6072\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>16_17<\/strong><br \/>\nAnother stall where I bought something&#8211;this lady is selling artesanal beer from northern Spain:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/16_17.jpg\" alt=\"DSF6074\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More Easter procession photos can be seen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatpix.eu\/Other\/Semana-Santa-2015\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.greatpix.eu\/Other\/Semana-Santa-2015\/', 'here']);\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was a nice week, ending with a four-day weekend: both Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays in Spain. As I do every year, I went to the centre on Friday and Sunday to have a look at the Easter processions. 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