{"id":346,"date":"2010-02-21T21:55:53","date_gmt":"2010-02-21T20:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=346"},"modified":"2010-03-20T16:25:58","modified_gmt":"2010-03-20T15:25:58","slug":"week-7-belly-dancing-villajoyosa-and-lots-more","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=346","title":{"rendered":"Week 07: belly dancing, Villajoyosa and lots more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lots of pictures this week. For some reason, I think I took a lot of good photos, and editing them down to this selection was hard work. Many different themes too.<\/p>\n

Main<\/strong>
\nOn the eve of Valentine’s Day my wife and I went for dinner at a Moroccan restaurant. It turned out to be a very nice place. The food was excellent, the service friendly, and the Moroccan wine was a positive revelation. And then all of a sudden, a belly dancer appeared. This image is somewhat abstract but I think it captures the essence pretty well:
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\nAlternates<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Alternate 1<\/em>
\nShe had Big Hair:
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Alternate 2<\/em>
\nShe also had big…never mind; she invited guests of both sexes to join her:
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Alternate 3<\/em>
\nBecause this is winter, the weather is a lot more variable than usual. In the summer it just boring blue sky for weeks. But now, when I walk out on our 5th floor terrace at work, I sometimes get treated to sights like this:
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Alternate 4<\/em>
\nYou can just barely make out Alicante harbour somewhere in there:
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Alternate 5<\/em>
\nSome urban fauna in Madrid on Thursday:
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Alternate 6<\/em>
\nAnd some more urban fauna, now here in Alicante:
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Alternate 7<\/em>
\nOn Friday afternoon my cousin Isabelle from France arrived for a weekend visit. While waiting for her at the airport I was looking around as usual. I always enjoy scenes of happiness like this one, even if the photo is technically deficient:
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Alternate 8<\/em>
\nFriday evening I took Isabelle and her children for dinner the Buen Comer restaurant in the centre of town. We did not eat any of this unfortunate piglet:
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Alternate 9<\/em>
\nWe had some rain during the morning:
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Alternate 10<\/em>
\nBut Saturday morning the sun was back, allowing me to indulge in “light and shadow” photography while walking my dog:
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Alternate 11<\/em>
\nLater in the day, we went to the Mercado Central. French people always appreciate this kind of place. The genius of French cuisine are not fancy recipes, but the attention paid to the basic ingredients. We especially enjoyed looking at the fish:
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The rest of the pictures are from Saturday afternoon in Villajoyosa. It is a favourite destination to go with visitors, because it is a pretty town, you can eat lunch right on the beach (almost) and it is only 20 km north of Alicante. Despite being popular with foreign residents, the town has retained much of its original charm.<\/p>\n

Alternate 12<\/em>
\nTypical Villajoyosa street:
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Alternate 13<\/em>
\nLaundry:
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Alternate 14<\/em>
\nMy cousin Isabelle likes beer:
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Alternate 15<\/em>
\nThe restaurant where we had lunch was adopted by this cat 7 years ago:
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Alternate 16<\/em>
\nThe cat’s patience is usually rewarded:
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Alternate 17<\/em>
\nAfterwards, we walked along the beach:
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Alternate 18<\/em>
\nThe sun was very strong, almost solarizing contre-jour<\/em> scenes:
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Alternate 19<\/em>
\nThere is some confusion among the signs here:
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Alternate 20<\/em>
\nFinally, a semi-abstract image of Villajoyosa’s colourful houses:
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