{"id":4981,"date":"2026-02-23T21:38:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=4981"},"modified":"2026-02-23T22:46:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:46:24","slug":"week-08-sunday-market-weread-meeting-raffael-exhibition-at-the-office","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=4981","title":{"rendered":"Week 08: Sunday market, WeRead meeting, Raffael exhibition at the office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A week with many interesting things going on. An outdoor Sunday market is 600 m up the street from our house. It was there when we moved to this neighbourhood in 2018, but a few years later it closed, and the large space lay barren. But a couple of months ago it was re-opened under new management, and this week we made our first visit (and walked home with heavy bags of veggies and fruits). Our book club held its monthly meeting, and we also opened a new art exhibition at the office, by the Italian painter Luigi Raffael, a part-time resident of Alicante.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8_1<\/strong><br \/>\nAs always, the week started on Sunday morning with a walk on the beach with Mochi. I am getting a bit bored with the pretty sunrises, so instead I focus on what the sun is illuminating, like here:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_1.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3658\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_2<\/strong><br \/>\nSand and walkway:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_2.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3659\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_3<\/strong><br \/>\nAnother contre-jour image:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_3.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3661\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_4<\/strong><br \/>\nMochi&#8217;s pawprints in the sand:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_4.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3663\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_5<\/strong><br \/>\nLater, I did my usual Sunday bike ride, and then we walked to the outdoor market. We loved seeing the fresh and inexpensive produce and the many people shopping:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_5.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3667\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_6<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_6.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3664\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_7<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_7.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3665\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_8<\/strong><br \/>\nArtichokes are in season now:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_8.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3669\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_9<\/strong><br \/>\nAs opposed to indoor shopping places, dogs are welcome here:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_9.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3668\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_10<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd this being Spain, no market is complete without a bar:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_10.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3670\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_11<\/strong><br \/>\nOn Tuesday evening we had the monthly book club meeting, at a bar in the centre called Palmito. On the way from the parking to the bar I noticed this graffiti, with a new phrase added &#8220;Who are you without art?&#8221;:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_11.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3681\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_12<\/strong><br \/>\nThe literary crowd at the Palmito:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_12.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3688\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_13<\/strong><br \/>\nOur book of the month was the Dutch classic &#8220;The Dinner&#8221; by Herman Koch. We took the traditional photo. This time we had the book in the original Dutch, as well as in English and Finnish:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_13.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3685\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_14<\/strong><br \/>\nEri, Yasen and Charline, our Belgian trainee:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_14.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3686\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_15<\/strong><br \/>\nWe have another new member, a trainee from Turkey, G\u00fclgun. She got to choose the book for March:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_15.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3691\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_16<\/strong><br \/>\nThe sun is not always shining here in Alicante:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_16.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3672\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_17<\/strong><br \/>\nMy photo club in Brussels has &#8220;reflections&#8221; as its theme for April, so I have been looking for suitable images during my beach walks:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_17.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3695\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_18<\/strong><br \/>\nI like this image, it is a reflection, but different from the classic sky-in-the-water reflection:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_18.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3693\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_19<\/strong><br \/>\nA close-up at the water&#8217;s edge:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_19.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3697\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_20<\/strong><br \/>\nThe remaining photos are from the opening of the Luigi Raffael exhibition at the office art gallery. As part of the opening, we were treated to a short recital by a well-known local singer Marvin Labara, son of a recently retired colleague Wilma:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_20.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3699\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_21<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_21.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3707\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_22<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_22.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3709\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_23<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_23.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3714\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_24<\/strong><br \/>\nNot sure why this guy was frowning, Marvin plays and sings beautifully:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_24.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3710\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_25<\/strong><br \/>\nEnjoying the performance:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_25.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3711\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_26<\/strong><br \/>\nThe end of the performance, Marvin enjoys the applause:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_26.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3719\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_27<\/strong><br \/>\nKari (president of our art club), Raffael, Eri (she knows Raffael, that is how we got him to exhibit at our office) and Marvin posing after the performance:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_27.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3722\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_28<\/strong><br \/>\nThen Kari introduced Raffael to the audience:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_28.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3727\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_29<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_29.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3726\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_30<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_30.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3724\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_31<\/strong><br \/>\nI took a peek through the door of the exhibition space:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_31.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3700\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_32<\/strong><br \/>\nRaffael&#8217;s paintings are characterised by vivid colours, and the red nose is a common element:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_32.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3736\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_33<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_33.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3738\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_34<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_34.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3739\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_35<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter Raffael had delivered a short speech (in Italian) explaining his art, people went inside the small gallery to have a look:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_35.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3737\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8_36<\/strong><br \/>\nThe artist with two admirers:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2026\/8_36.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3741\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A week with many interesting things going on. An outdoor Sunday market is 600 m up the street from our house. It was there when we moved to this neighbourhood in 2018, but a few years later it closed, and the large space lay barren. But a couple of months ago it was re-opened under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4915,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4981"}],"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=4981"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4986,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4981\/revisions\/4986"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}