{"id":479,"date":"2011-01-26T08:46:43","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T07:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=479"},"modified":"2011-03-13T07:48:22","modified_gmt":"2011-03-13T06:48:22","slug":"week-2-lars-visits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=479","title":{"rendered":"Week 02: Lars visits"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the second year in a row, my friend Lars came to visit us during January. For him, it is a pleasant change from the Danish winter; for me, it is an opportunity to enjoy some days with my best friend, going back to our first year of high school in our hometown Aarhus. Lars and I share at least 3 interests: photography (he is actually a teacher of it), cycling and food. So lots of pictures this week from our wanderings around Alicante and drives in the surrounding mountains, as well as some sushi\/pizza fusion at the end.<\/p>\n

Main<\/strong>
\nThe casta\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00b1ero in downtown Alicante and some nice customers:
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\nAlternates<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Alternate 1<\/em>
\nThe 2-Euro shop has adjusted prices in view of the crisis:
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Alternate 2<\/em>
\nLars in action:
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Alternate 3<\/em>
\nMonday we drove to Valencia, stopping to have a look at the marshland and rice fields outside the city:
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Alternate 4<\/em>
\nConversation inside Valencia’s Mercado Central:
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Alternate 5<\/em>
\nTuesday we went for a drive in mountains, along roads like this:
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Alternate 6<\/em>
\n…and this:
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Alternate 7<\/em>
\nThen we drove back down to the coast, to the pretty beach town of Villajoyosa, whose main claim to fame is to house the HQ of Spain’s biggest chocolate manufacturer, Valor. But we had gone there to walk around along the beach and in the barrio:
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Alternate 8<\/em>
\nBridge, stairs, light and shadow:
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Alternate 9<\/em>
\nThe streets in Villajoyosa are definitely more suitable for cats than for cars:
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Alternate 10<\/em>
\nColourful houses and reflections:
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Alternate 11<\/em>
\nOne way to enjoy the beach:
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Alternate 12<\/em>
\nAnd another, more sedate manner:
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The following day we walked around Alicante. Even though I live here, I often discover details that I had not noticed before.<\/p>\n

Alternate 13<\/em>
\nSocial realist relief outside the offices of a cooperative insurance company. Reminds me of Soviet-style “workers and peasants” art:
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Alternate 14<\/em>
\nCastillo Santa Barbara towers above Alicante. It was started by the Moors and completed by the Spanish following the Reconquista of this area in the late 13th century:
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Alternate 15<\/em>
\nWhen the defenders of the castle looked out during the Middle Ages, they presumably saw a different view:
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Alternate 16<\/em>
\nHere is someone who does not care much about the view, preferring to enjoy a balmy January afternoon:
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Alternate 17<\/em>
\nA house being built on my street; in the meantime, the local stray cats have taken possession:
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Alternate 18<\/em>
\nWe drove to Biar, a town about 40 km from Alicante, famous for its castle which we ignored, except that we enjoyed the view from the hill:
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Alternate 19<\/em>
\nThis is what the streets in Biar look like. One has to be in good shape to live here:
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Alternate 20<\/em>
\nTo say that Biar is a sleepy town is an understatement. This is just about the extent of the life on the town’s main square:
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Alternate 21<\/em>
\nBiar wildlife:
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Alternate 22<\/em>
\nThe southern leg of the Camino de Santiago runs through Biar:
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Saturday night we put Lars to work in the kitchen, as usually happens during his visits. He decided to treat us to a dinner of sushi followed by his homemade pizza. Great fusion! My contribution was some good 1995-96 Bordeaux from my stash.<\/p>\n

Alternate 23<\/em>
\nMaking sushi:
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Alternate 24<\/em>
\nA closer view:
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Alternate 25<\/em>
\nSushi rolls ready to be cut, incidentally all vegan:
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Alternate 26<\/em>
\nWhen Lars makes pizza, he makes one per person, so that everyone can put their own toppings:
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Alternate 27<\/em>
\nThis is mine:
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And so ends a wonderful week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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