{"id":4841,"date":"2025-11-20T12:42:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T11:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=4841"},"modified":"2025-11-20T12:42:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T11:42:41","slug":"week-44-oktoberfest-in-alicante","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=4841","title":{"rendered":"Week 44: Oktoberfest in Alicante"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the last week of October I continued to enjoy the nice weather, often in the company of Mochi. The Saturday ending the week was my birthday, which I celebrated by taking a long bike ride in the morning, followed by a visit to Alicante’s bullfighting arena which was being used for a much better purpose than bullfighting, namely to put on a German-style Oktoberfest.<\/p>\n

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\nThe week started with some cloudy and windy weather:
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\nOn Sunday night I walked with Mochi to the The Place bar for a spot of beer and football:
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\nBy Tuesday morning the clouds were gone and the wind had died down:
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44_5<\/strong>
\nOn Wednesday I had my periodic lunch with Eri. At one point she was called by her daughter (who lives in London):
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44_6<\/strong>
\nBut then it was time for a smile:
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44_7<\/strong>
\nOn Friday morning Mochi and I walked down to the beach as usual. He was intrigued by the sand castle:
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\nThen he started furiously digging a hole for no apparent reason:
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\nOn Friday evening we went back to The Place. The Halloween habit has also invaded Spain, but there is not that much trick-or-treating in private homes. Instead, local businesses like this bar buy some candy to give away. A mother is waiting for her children to come back out:
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\nThe various scary creatures emerge from The Place:
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\nMeanwhile, Mochi was interested in some of the nuts that accompanied my beer:
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44_12<\/strong>
\nSaturday was my birthday. My wife was playing in a golf tournament, so I spent most of the day alone (well, with Mochi); we were going to have dinner at a nice restaurant that evening. In the morning, I did a 65 km ride in the mountains around Maigm\u00c3\u00b3. The local road follows the A7 motorway part of the way:
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44_13<\/strong>
\nAfter reaching the highest point of the ride, I descended towards the town of Agost, on another pretty road:
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44_14<\/strong>
\nThe road between Maigm\u00c3\u00b3 and Agost is popular among motorcyclists also:
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44_15<\/strong>
\nAnother nice landscape:
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\nI came home, showered, had lunch and then drove to the centre to have a look at the Oktoberfest. After some trouble finding a parking, I walked to the Plaza de Toros. I hate bullfighting and very much applaud the use of the arenas for events like concerts and other festivals:
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44_17<\/strong>
\nIt was early in the afternoon, so the big tent was only about half full:
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44_18<\/strong>
\nIn contrast to the Oktoberfest in Munich, there was no table service, so you had to get your own beer and food:
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\nThe beer and the food was all authentic:
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\nHappy to see a friend:
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\nPosing:
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44_25<\/strong>
\nI was pleased to see one small group of people dressed in proper Bavarian attire:
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