\nOn the beach a restaurant is being demolished. It will be replaced by a smaller structure in 2 stories that will occupy less space on the beach promenade:
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![\"L1004528\"](\"uploads\/2011\/5.jpg\")
<\/p>\nAlternate 1<\/em> Alternate 2<\/em> Alternate 3<\/em> Alternate 4<\/em> Alternate 5<\/em> Alternate 6<\/em> Alternate 7<\/em> Alternate 8<\/em> Alternate 9<\/em> Alternate 10<\/em> Alternate 11<\/em> Finally, some snippets of street life.<\/p>\n Alternate 12<\/em> Alternate 13<\/em> Alternate 14<\/em> Alternate 15<\/em> Just a lot of vignettes of Alicante life. The weather is getting warmer, at least during the day, and there is a lot of outdoor life. I have been out and about, exploring the architecture a bit, trying to find interesting details I have not noticed before. Main On the beach a restaurant is being […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":470,"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\/486"}],"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=486"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":507,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/486\/revisions\/507"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nAnother view of the location:
\n![\"L1004531\"](\"uploads\/2011\/5alt1.jpg\")
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\nLooking at the beach through the ruins:
\n![\"L1004535\"](\"uploads\/2011\/5alt2.jpg\")
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\nLooking at passing se\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00b1oritas:
\n![\"L1004539\"](\"uploads\/2011\/5alt3.jpg\")
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\nKiosk detail, Plaza Portal de Elche in the centre of Alicante:
\n![\"L1004562\"](\"uploads\/2011\/5alt4.jpg\")
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\nTraditional bank entrance, designed to project solidity and wealth. Not exactly fitting today’s situation:
\n![\"L1004559\"](\"uploads\/2011\/5alt5.jpg\")
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\nParking garage entrance:
\n![\"_1030777\"](\"uploads\/2011\/5alt6.jpg\")
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\nPolitics mixes with music:
\n![\"_1030782\"](\"uploads\/2011\/5alt7.jpg\")
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\nNighttime on my street, one of the many stray cats watches me warily:
\n![\"L1004564\"](\"uploads\/2011\/5alt8.jpg\")
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\nAnother interesting skyscape seen from our office:
\n![\"L1004568\"](\"uploads\/2011\/5alt9.jpg\")
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\nSince we did not have the traditional Christmas party back in December, my department held a reception in the VIP room of our office on Friday afternoon. As usual, I was there snapping. Here is my Dutch colleague Caroline in animated conversation:
\n![\"_1030755\"](\"uploads\/2011\/5alt10.jpg\")
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\nAnd here is my Czech colleague Roman:
\n![\"_1030766\"](\"uploads\/2011\/5alt11.jpg\")
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\nJes\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00bas the fishmonger at Mercado Central:
\n![\"_1030786\"](\"uploads\/2011\/5alt12.jpg\")
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\nEvery Sunday morning the main seaside thoroughfare in Alicante is closed to motorized traffic to create a several km long bike\/pedestrian promenade. Among the activities that have appeared are rollerskating classes for \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac5 per half hour:
\n![\"L1004543\"](\"uploads\/2011\/5alt13.jpg\")
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\nLooking around, near Mercado Central:
\n![\"_1030775\"](\"uploads\/2011\/5alt14.jpg\")
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\nNapping in the sun, square behind the Mercado Central:
\n![\"_1030784\"](\"uploads\/2011\/5alt15.jpg\")
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