\nIt is common to see various advertisements stuck onto lightpoles around here. Most are people offering their services or simply looking for low-end work. This one is a Bolivian fortune-teller. What struck me is not the advert itself but the fact that so many people have actually torn off the phone number. The crisis must be really biting and people are willing to try anything:
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![\"L1002331\"](\"uploads\/2009\/7.jpg\")
<\/p>\nAlternate 1<\/em> Alternate 2<\/em> Alternate 3<\/em> Alternate 4<\/em> Alternate 5<\/em> Alternate 6<\/em> Alternate 7<\/em> Alternate 8<\/em> Alternate 9<\/em> Alternate 10<\/em> Alternate 11<\/em> Alternate 12<\/em> Alternate 13<\/em> Alternate 14<\/em> Alternate 15<\/em> This is one of those weeks during which I did not make any exciting trips so I show the slices of late winter life in Alicante. Main It is common to see various advertisements stuck onto lightpoles around here. Most are people offering their services or simply looking for low-end work. This one is a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":175,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/192"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=192"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/192\/revisions\/212"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe alternates<\/strong>:<\/p>\n
\nAt the weekend I went for a walk in the harbour:
\n![\"L1002329\"](\"uploads\/2009\/7alt1.jpg\")
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\nIn the area which hosted the Volvo Ocean Race in October there was a fair where all the local security forces, police, fire brigades etc. showed off their kit and let people (especially children) try it out:
\n![\"L1002332\"](\"uploads\/2009\/7alt2.jpg\")
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\nI don’t know if she actually has her own Segway or whether she stole one from the police:
\n![\"L1002342\"](\"uploads\/2009\/7alt3.jpg\")
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\nActually, I would like one of those motorcycles myself:
\n![\"L1002344\"](\"uploads\/2009\/7alt4.jpg\")
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\nThe Guardia Civil stand:
\n![\"L1002343\"](\"uploads\/2009\/7alt5.jpg\")
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\nThe water planes were among the most popular attractions:
\n![\"L1002337\"](\"uploads\/2009\/7alt6.jpg\")
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\nI often stop by the Postiguet beach in the centre on my way home from work, just to take a walk on the promenade:
\n![\"L1002354\"](\"uploads\/2009\/7alt7.jpg\")
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\nWhile the water in the Mediterranean is still too cold, at least for the locals, other beach activities can be enjoyed:
\n![\"L1002355\"](\"uploads\/2009\/7alt8.jpg\")
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\nOne of my dog walk pictures–a family driving lesson on Avenida Vicente Ramos:
\n![\"L1002352\"](\"uploads\/2009\/7alt9.jpg\")
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\nThursday morning my relatives from Florida came to visit us for 3 weeks. I drove to Madrid early in the morning to pick them up. On the way, I stopped for coffee at dawn somewhere in Castilla La Mancha. It was cold and crisp:
\n![\"L1002363\"](\"uploads\/2009\/7alt10.jpg\")
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\nMy wife has recently started singing in the parents’ choir of our daughter’s school, Escuela Europea de Alicante. Thursday evening she participated in a concert for the first time. People have somewhat funny expressions when they sing:
\n![\"L1002384\"](\"uploads\/2009\/7alt11.jpg\")
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\nFriday evening we went out for dinner in the barrio<\/em> (old part of town). I wish my dog were this well-behaved:
\n![\"L1002414\"](\"uploads\/2009\/7alt12.jpg\")
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\nSaturday morning we went to buy some food in the Mercado Central, which always provides me with photo opportunities. Here there is some extra meat on the counter:
\n![\"L1002418\"](\"uploads\/2009\/7alt13.jpg\")
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\nBuying fish is serious business:
\n![\"L1002420\"](\"uploads\/2009\/7alt14.jpg\")
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\nWe bought some extremely fresh salmon and ate it for lunch. The lemon wedges for garnishment came from our garden:
\n![\"L1002423\"](\"uploads\/2009\/7alt15.jpg\")
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