{"id":1585,"date":"2016-04-04T14:25:54","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T13:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1585"},"modified":"2016-04-04T14:42:14","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T13:42:14","slug":"week-14-aixas-birthday-jijona-carrasqueta","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1585","title":{"rendered":"Week 14: Aixa’s birthday, Jijona, Carrasqueta"},"content":{"rendered":"

Easter Monday is a public holiday in Spain, and this year it was particularly nice because it happened to be my wife’s birthday. Otherwise, it was an ordinary week of work, cycling and such.<\/p>\n

14_1<\/strong>
\nIn preparation for the birthday celebration in the evening, a cake was produced, and Cheeta helped clean the bowl afterwards:
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14_2<\/strong>
\nIt is our tradition that I prepare a big breakfast to start a day like a birthday. This time I made the usual omelette but since my vegan daughter was with us, I also made scrambled tofu (which turned out delicious):
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14_3<\/strong>
\nThe cooking theme continued throughout the day. We had invited a few of our Spanish friends for curry. They find Indian food incredibly exotic, and I enjoy preparing it, so everyone is happy. It is also good to serve when Monica is here since all the dishes except the chicken curry are vegan:
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14_4<\/strong>
\nFriends in conversation:
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14_5<\/strong>
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14_6<\/strong>
\nCheeta was interested too:
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14_7<\/strong>
\nTime for the birthday cake:
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14_8<\/strong>
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14_9<\/strong>
\nThis and the next three pictures are snapshots taken during early morning dog walks. Why someone would drink a beer and leave the can on top of the trash bin rather than putting it IN the bin is beyond me:
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14_10<\/strong>
\nThe post office opens in about an hour, and the cleaner is at work:
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14_11<\/strong>
\nTake-off:
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14_12<\/strong>
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14_13<\/strong>
\nAt the supermarket. When Spaniards talk about ham (jam\u00c3\u00b3n), this is what they mean:
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14_14<\/strong>
\nOn Saturday, I cycled up to the Puerto de la Carrasqueta mountain pass again. On the way, I stopped to have a look at the cemetery in Jijona, something I have always wanted to do. As is usually the case, it is located on a hilltop above the town:
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14_15<\/strong>
\nLow-rent and high-rent districts:
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14_16<\/strong>
\nNew section:
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14_17<\/strong>
\nThe mountain pass. This road is extremely popular with motorcyclists too:
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14_18<\/strong>
\nA fellow cyclist on the way up:
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14_19<\/strong>
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14_20<\/strong>
\nOn some of the straighter portions of this road, the motorcycles travel at speeds closer to the “homemade” speed limit than the official one:
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14_21<\/strong>
\nOn Saturday evening, I went to El Campello’s Eden Bar again. Liverpool were playing Tottenham, an attractive match on paper (and it turned out so, although as a Liverpool fan I was not pleased with the 1-1 result). During halftime, as is my habit, I took a walk along the beach promenade. The sun was setting and provided nice illumination. A couple of children play in the sand:
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14_22<\/strong>
\nA lone jogger:
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14_23<\/strong>
\nThe women converse, the husbands look like they just want to move on:
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14_24<\/strong>
\nLast picture of the evening. On the way to my car to drive home, I passed another bar. People were getting ready to watch the biggest match in Spanish football, El Cl\u00c3\u00a1sico<\/em>–Barcelona vs. Real Madrid:
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