{"id":514,"date":"2011-03-28T06:56:38","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T05:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=514"},"modified":"2013-03-17T07:53:40","modified_gmt":"2013-03-17T06:53:40","slug":"week-12-game-cafe-and-mercado","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=514","title":{"rendered":"Week 12: Game Caf\u00c3\u00a9 and Mercado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have shown pictures from the Game Caf\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a9 before. It is a bar on the beach, about 2 km from our home, where every Sunday afternoon local amateur bands play. The bar gets a lot of traffic at what would otherwise be a slow time, and the musicians get a stage on which to perform. And I get to take pictures and have a few beers. It has become part of our Sunday afternoon routine to go there.<\/p>\n<p>But first a few pictures from a motorcycle ride up the coast.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main<\/strong><br \/>\nSunday morning in the harbour of El Campello. Two fishermen are tending their nets while chatting to a local girl:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2011\/12.jpg\" alt=\"IGP0185\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nAlternates<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 1<\/em><br \/>\nThe weather was beautiful:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2011\/12alt1.jpg\" alt=\"IGP0191\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 2<\/em><br \/>\nI continued up the coast to Villajoyosa. On the way, I took a little side road on whim and found a place with this beautiful view of a small piece of unspoiled coast:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2011\/12alt2.jpg\" alt=\"IGP0196\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we go to the Game Caf\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a9 on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 3<\/em><br \/>\nThis Sunday the music was actually very good:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2011\/12alt3.jpg\" alt=\"IGP0207\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 4<\/em><br \/>\nThe bass player in particular was very photogenic with his expressions:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2011\/12alt4.jpg\" alt=\"IGP0204\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 5<\/em><br \/>\nThis girl stepped out for some conversation:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2011\/12alt5.jpg\" alt=\"IGP0211\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 6<\/em><br \/>\nDancing girls:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2011\/12alt6.jpg\" alt=\"IGP0214\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 7<\/em><br \/>\nSinging with feeling:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2011\/12alt7.jpg\" alt=\"IGP0231\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 8<\/em><br \/>\nMiddle-aged musician looking for groupies?:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2011\/12alt8.jpg\" alt=\"IGP0227\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 9<\/em><br \/>\nLove documented:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2011\/12alt9.jpg\" alt=\"IGP0233\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The remaining pictures are from Saturday. I spent the day making Indian food, preceded by a necessary visit to the Mercado Central. The reason for this cooking spree was that my son was coming to visit for a few days that evening, and curry is not something that is available at his current location in Orbe, Switzerland, a small town near Lausanne.<\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 10<\/em><br \/>\nGreen light outside the Mercado:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2011\/12alt10.jpg\" alt=\"IGP0254\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 11<\/em><br \/>\nI bought some of the good ham:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2011\/12alt11.jpg\" alt=\"IGP0259\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 12<\/em><br \/>\nAs I usually do when visiting the Mercado, I made sure to walk through the fish section:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2011\/12alt12.jpg\" alt=\"IGP0262\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 13<\/em><br \/>\nWhile waiting my turn at the stand where I get the best fresh coriander in town, I was idly snapping the fruit:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2011\/12alt13.jpg\" alt=\"IGP0263\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 14<\/em><br \/>\nMother and daughter shopping together:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2011\/12alt14.jpg\" alt=\"IGP0267\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 15<\/em><br \/>\nPaying and chatting:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2011\/12alt15.jpg\" alt=\"IGP0268\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 16<\/em><br \/>\nRelaxing outside:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2011\/12alt16.jpg\" alt=\"IGP0273\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The last picture is from Alicante airport, snapped while waiting for my son in the arrivals hall.<\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 17<\/em><br \/>\nThese women had just arrived and apparently the person that was supposed to meet them was not in sight. It could also be that he or she was in the wrong place; a new terminal opened two days ago, and while it appears much nicer than the old one, a lot of people were somewhat confused:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2011\/12alt17.jpg\" alt=\"IGP0276\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have shown pictures from the Game Caf\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a9 before. It is a bar on the beach, about 2 km from our home, where every Sunday afternoon local amateur bands play. The bar gets a lot of traffic at what would otherwise be a slow time, and the musicians get a stage on which to perform. 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