{"id":1553,"date":"2016-02-03T06:54:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T05:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1553"},"modified":"2016-02-03T06:54:24","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T05:54:24","slug":"week-05-cycling-and-wine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1553","title":{"rendered":"Week 05: cycling and wine"},"content":{"rendered":"

A quiet week of work and cycling, punctuated by a wine tasting Thursday evening.<\/p>\n

5_1<\/strong>
\nAn image from the office, all about light:
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5_2<\/strong>
\nAnother picture that is about light, this time in my neighbourhood during a morning dog walk:
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5_3<\/strong>
\nOn Sunday I decided to cycle up to the Carrasqueta mountain pass for the second time this month:
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5_4<\/strong>
\nThe views are part of the reward for the effort:
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5_5<\/strong>
\nThe curvy road is very popular among motorcyclists, many of whom go very fast:
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5_6<\/strong>
\nSometimes it goes wrong:
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5_7<\/strong>
\nAt the top, I took a brief break. There were a couple of guys on a motorcycle, also taking a break and taking pictures of passing bikers. So I got them to take one of me with my camera:
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5_8<\/strong>
\nA yellow flower amid the grey stones:
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5_9<\/strong>
\nOn the way down, near Tibi, there is a modest building with a very pretentious name:
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5_10<\/strong>
\nOur lemon tree is yielding again:
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5_11<\/strong>
\nGarage door, near Mercado Central:
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5_12<\/strong>
\nIt is lunchtime, and trade at the Mercado Central is winding down. Two employees take a well-deserved break:
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5_13<\/strong>
\nOn Thursday night we had our monthly wine tasting at the office. The theme this time was “Five wines, five continents”, presented by the proprietor of Tiza y Flor<\/em>, a small but well-stocked wine shop in the centre of Alicante. The wines came from Australia, Oregon, Georgia (the former Soviet republic, not the US state), South Africa and Spain:
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5_14<\/strong>
\nExplaining:
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5_15<\/strong>
\nMaria smells the wine:
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5_16<\/strong>
\nMaria has a good time:
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5_17<\/strong>
\nTakis:
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5_18<\/strong>
\nTakis and his companion:
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5_19<\/strong>
\nOn Saturday I was again in the mountains on my bicycle, this time to the town of Tibi. Spring is here, and the almond trees are in bloom:
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5_20<\/strong>
\nI stopped to pee and took a couple of close-ups of the almond flowers:
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5_21<\/strong>
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5_22<\/strong>
\nI bought a Coke in Tibi and looked for a bench to relax for a few minutes, drink my Coke and eat a banana. I found one, but then this old-timer, sitting in his garage and watching the world go by, pulled up a chair and invited me to join him in the shade:
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5_23<\/strong>
\nAfter a pleasant conversation, during which I had to refuse offers of food and wine several times, I took this portrait of us and got on my way–I still had about 35-37 km to get home:
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5_24<\/strong>
\nGetting out of Tibi is hard work, as there is a climb of about 3 km, with sometimes very steep grades. But also nice views of the town:
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5_25<\/strong>
\nLater that day, I got together with three of our friends to watch Barcelona-Atletico Madrid in a local bar:
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And that was that week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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