{"id":368,"date":"2010-03-29T07:34:02","date_gmt":"2010-03-29T06:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=368"},"modified":"2010-03-29T07:38:08","modified_gmt":"2010-03-29T06:38:08","slug":"week-12-mostly-london","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=368","title":{"rendered":"Week 12: mostly London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The week started with a rainy Sunday. Then on Monday and Tuesday I made a short visit to London, which provided most of the week&#8217;s pictures. There is also a proper gallery <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frozenlight.eu\/london032010\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.frozenlight.eu\/london032010\/', 'here']);\" >here<\/a>, but look here first.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main<\/strong><br \/>\nMy cat likes to observe the pool area and golf course from the comfort of an armchair placed in a covered porch area:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/12.jpg\" alt=\"L1000888\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nAlternates<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 1<\/em><br \/>\nThe weather in London was nice but not nearly as warm as implied by the clothing on display here:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/12alt1.jpg\" alt=\"_1000590\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 2<\/em><br \/>\nA reflected portrait of my son near Regent&#8217;s Park:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/12alt2.jpg\" alt=\"_1000591\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 3<\/em><br \/>\nA prospective customer fondling the Leica X1 at RG Lewis on Southampton Row:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/12alt3.jpg\" alt=\"_1000596\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 4<\/em><br \/>\nMy son took me to Paradise on Earth, a shop called Royal Mile Whiskies:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/12alt4.jpg\" alt=\"_1000600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 5<\/em><br \/>\nNearby the whisky shop, a throwback to the 1970s, a genuine Marxist bookshop, with titles such as &#8220;How to read Das Kapital&#8221;:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/12alt5.jpg\" alt=\"_1000601\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 6<\/em><br \/>\nIn a backyard on Denmark Street, I was amused by this prayer for the stressed, a parody on some drivel I have seen somewhere else:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/12alt6.jpg\" alt=\"_1000606\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 7<\/em><br \/>\nDenmark Street wall art. This area is fully of funky bars and music instrument shops:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/12alt7.jpg\" alt=\"_1000607\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 8<\/em><br \/>\nMy son in a Denmark Street backyard:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/12alt8.jpg\" alt=\"_1000611\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 9<\/em><br \/>\nIt began to rain lightly, so we sought refuge in Chandos Pub near Trafalgar Square, a favourite watering hole of mine. At the neighbouring table, a guy was demonstrating an old film Leica to his friends:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/12alt9.jpg\" alt=\"_1000629\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 10<\/em><br \/>\nHe used it, too:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/12alt10.jpg\" alt=\"_1000634\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 11<\/em><br \/>\nWhat people do on the Tube:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/12alt11.jpg\" alt=\"_1000682\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The rest of the images are from Saturday afternoon and evening, back in Alicante. The winter has clearly ended, and this week we have enjoyed glorious sunshine and were able to turn the house heating off for the summer season.<\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 12<\/em><br \/>\nLittle girl on Esplanada de Espa\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00b1a:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/12alt12.jpg\" alt=\"L1000898\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 13<\/em><br \/>\nWe came across this group of people, marching energetically while chanting BOB ESPONJA. Must be some new religious sect:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/12alt13.jpg\" alt=\"L1000902\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 14<\/em><br \/>\nDinner on Saturday was tapas at Lizarran. Our waitress pours us a <em>chupito<\/em>:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/12alt14.jpg\" alt=\"L1000909\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 15<\/em><br \/>\nTwo women in serious discussion:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/12alt15.jpg\" alt=\"L1000912\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The week started with a rainy Sunday. Then on Monday and Tuesday I made a short visit to London, which provided most of the week&#8217;s pictures. There is also a proper gallery here, but look here first. 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