{"id":465,"date":"2010-12-28T10:01:23","date_gmt":"2010-12-28T09:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=465"},"modified":"2010-12-28T10:01:23","modified_gmt":"2010-12-28T09:01:23","slug":"week-51-meanderings-in-alicante","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=465","title":{"rendered":"Week 51: Meanderings in Alicante"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I spent Christmas this year alone, since my wife and children went to Puerto Rico a few days before I join them there. So I was at home with the dog and cat, and actually it was very relaxing. I got some things done, cycled every day and went for long walks. So here is the result. The first group of pictures is from the centre of Alicante, the rest from my neighbourhood near the beach, a few km north.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main<\/strong><br \/>\nAt our local Corte Ingl\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a9s, a big area of the 5th floor is dedicated to Star Wars displays, not just toys and games but actual movie artifacts etc. May the Force be with you!:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/51.jpg\" alt=\"_1030024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nAlternates<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 1<\/em><br \/>\nBoys of various ages:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/51alt1.jpg\" alt=\"_1030026\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 2<\/em><br \/>\nAlicante&#8217;s version of the Rambla, although this is actually Avenida Federico Soto:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/51alt2.jpg\" alt=\"_1030041\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 3<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Casta\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00b1era<\/em> in Christmas spirit:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/51alt3.jpg\" alt=\"_1030050\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 4<\/em><br \/>\nAnother <em>casta\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00b1era<\/em> in a good mood, sharing a laugh with a customer:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/51alt4.jpg\" alt=\"_1030037\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 5<\/em><br \/>\nThe chestnuts are wrapped in paper cones, so you need something to keep the sheets from flying away in the wind. The inscription on the stone reads &#8220;Christ is my rock&#8221;:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/51alt5.jpg\" alt=\"_1030036\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 6<\/em><br \/>\nThis woman carried on a long conversation on Avenida Maisonnave:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/51alt6.jpg\" alt=\"_1030048\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 7<\/em><br \/>\nA scene from the <em>barrio<\/em> on Christmas morning:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/51alt7.jpg\" alt=\"_1030079\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The remaining pictures are from my neighbourhood, mostly taken while walking the dog.<\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 8<\/em><br \/>\nShop window on Avenida Vicente Ramos. The shop next to it has been for rent ever since we moved here in 2008. In fact there has never been any shop since the building was built:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/51alt8.jpg\" alt=\"_1030010\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 9<\/em><br \/>\nA bit further down the street, a private language school called Idio Plus (Idio=Idioma, language). But the way they chose to write it amuses me, to say the least. A school for idiots?:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/51alt9.jpg\" alt=\"_1030008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 10<\/em><br \/>\nThis year we have something resembling fall colours, although they did not appear until December:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/51alt10.jpg\" alt=\"_1030053\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 11<\/em><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/51alt11.jpg\" alt=\"_1030064\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 12<\/em><br \/>\nRegeneration:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/51alt12.jpg\" alt=\"_1030062\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 13<\/em><br \/>\nA beach restaurant being demolished. I stopped to chat with the workers, and they told me that the municipality had decided not to renew the leases of two restaurants (there is a similar one about 100 metres away) in order to restore the promenade to its full width. I am fine with that, there are plenty of eating and drinking places elsewhere along the beach:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/51alt13.jpg\" alt=\"_1030058\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 14<\/em><br \/>\nSomeone in the neighbourhood has this nice Harley, and he likes to show it off by parking it (also overnight) in a very public location. Judging by its looks, he spends more time polishing the chrome than actually riding (and yes, it is me in there):<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/51alt14.jpg\" alt=\"_1030061\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 15<\/em><br \/>\nThe local dogs, however, do not show the Harley much respect:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2010\/51alt15.jpg\" alt=\"_1030060\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent Christmas this year alone, since my wife and children went to Puerto Rico a few days before I join them there. So I was at home with the dog and cat, and actually it was very relaxing. I got some things done, cycled every day and went for long walks. So here is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":329,"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\/465"}],"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=465"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":466,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/465\/revisions\/466"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}