{"id":1652,"date":"2016-07-12T14:52:39","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T13:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1652"},"modified":"2016-07-12T14:52:39","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T13:52:39","slug":"week-28-film-inakis-party-moses-arrives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1652","title":{"rendered":"Week 28: film, I\u00c3\u00b1aki’s party, Moses arrives"},"content":{"rendered":"

The most important event of the week was the arrival of my children who will be with us for a couple of weeks. Given that one of them lives in Cardiff and the other one in Colorado Springs \/ New York, we only have them together a couple of times a year. This was also a week when I went back to shooting film with a classic Leica M2, and attended a birthday party at the house of a friend in Benidorm. So a very mixed bag for the week.<\/p>\n

28_1<\/strong>
\nOn Sunday afternoon, I went to the golf course to watch my wife play. No pictures of her (censorship), but instead you get the overall view and the resident fowl:
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28_2<\/strong>
\nThe birds assume that when someone approaches the edge of the water, it is to feed them, even if there is a golf ball that needs to be hit:
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28_3<\/strong>
\nAfterwards, I went cycling and stopped to take a picture of the kites on Playa Muchavista:
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28_4<\/strong>
\nSome dog walk pictures, the first of which is a close-up of one of the many flowers along Avenida Vicente Ramos:
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28_5<\/strong>
\nMorning sky over our urbanizaci\u00c3\u00b3n:
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28_6<\/strong>
\nMy car and every other car in the neighbourhood look like this right now. This is dust from the Sahara, blown up here by a southerly wind, and brought down by a brief period (less than an hour) of rain, the first in more than a month:
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The next nine photos were made on film (Fuji Acros), using my newly acquired classic Leica M2.<\/p>\n

28_7<\/strong>
\nTree roots in the park:
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28_8<\/strong>
\nMorning sun:
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28_9<\/strong>
\n“Have you smiled today?”:
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28_10<\/strong>
\nFlags in the wind, El Campello harbour:
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28_11<\/strong>
\nInspired by Jim Shulman, El Campello harbour:
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28_12<\/strong>
\nUnder the table, El Campello beach promenade:
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28_13<\/strong>
\nFountain with reflection, centre of Alicante:
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28_14<\/strong>
\nDocumenting a dress, centre of Alicante:
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28_15<\/strong>
\nAdmiring the parking garage, centre of Alicante:
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28_16<\/strong>
\nSunset over El Campello, seen while returning from my bike ride in those mountains:
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28_17<\/strong>
\nOn Saturday morning, I cycled to Relleu, a sleepy town in the mountains. As usual, I bought a drink from a convenience store and sat down on a bench on the main square to drink it. This is a typical scene from that square on Saturday morning. The men on the bench look and comment, the small vegetable market attracts its customers, and the people on the left are enjoying their morning coffee:
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28_18<\/strong>
\nLooking for customers, perhaps?:
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28_19<\/strong>
\nJesus watches over it all:
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28_20<\/strong>
\nOn the way home, I stopped for a moment at this reservoir, Embalse del Amadorio. Reservoirs like this one provide most of Alicante’s drinking water:
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On Saturday afternoon our friend I\u00c3\u00b1aki celebrated his birthday with a pool party at his house in Benidorm. Since I had to drive back the 45 km, and since both children were arriving that evening, I spent the entire time drinking water, a very unusual experience. But I did take pictures.<\/p>\n

28_21<\/strong>
\nSalvatore with the ladies:
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28_22<\/strong>
\nMid-flight:
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28_23<\/strong>
\nI\u00c3\u00b1aki tells his little dog to calm down:
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28_24<\/strong>
\nThe grill masters at work:
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28_25<\/strong>
\nEngulfed in smoke:
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28_26<\/strong>
\nLamb:
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28_27<\/strong>
\nThe grill chef takes a deserved break:
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28_28<\/strong>
\nIn addition to the meat, people brought a variety of salads, homemade gazpacho, and tapas such as this aubergine delight brought by Nereida:
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28_29<\/strong>
\nThe doggie looking for “accidents”:
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28_30<\/strong>
\nThese parties go on for a long time, so at various points people take their siestas:
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28_31<\/strong>
\nI\u00c3\u00b1aki has a new partner. She is pretty and also very expressive during conversations:
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28_32<\/strong>
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28_33<\/strong>
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I left the party around 6:30 p.m., and drove straight to Alicante airport to pick up my son, who was arriving from New York via London.<\/p>\n

28_34<\/strong>
\nLots of people were meeting friends and family at the airport, including this little boy who could barely restrain himself:
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28_35<\/strong>
\nMoses arrived safely, and 20 minutes later this joyful reunion took place:
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28_36<\/strong>
\nWe walked to a nearby restaurant, L’Arruz, for dinner. This was the overall scene. On a warm summer evening, nobody wants to sit inside:
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28_37<\/strong>
\nMoses was hungry after the long trip, and he certainly enjoyed the appetizers and the atmosphere:
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28_38<\/strong>
\nCouple at the neighbouring table:
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28_39<\/strong>
\nL’Arruz is very much a neighbourhood restaurant, and we witnessed several chance encounters between friends and neighbours:
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28_40<\/strong>
\nAfter dinner we walked home and toasted the reunion with good Belgian beer. Happy days are here again:
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28_41<\/strong>
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