\nSunday we drove up to a large supermarket near Benidorm which carries lots of English and other Northern European products. For him it was nice to be in a proper supermarket, given that he lives in a small Swiss town where shopping is not great:
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![\"IGP0282\"](\"uploads\/2011\/13.jpg\")
<\/p>\nAlternate 1<\/em> Sunday afternoon, as usual, we went to the Game Caf\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a9 on the beach to hear a bit of music, but first and foremost enjoy the good weather.<\/p>\n 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> Alternate 12<\/em> Alternate 13<\/em> Alternate 14<\/em> Alternate 15<\/em> The last three images are macro shots of a Lladr\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00b3 statue that someone had donated for a charity raffle we held at the office to raise money for Japan earthquake victims. The statue is about 20 cm tall.<\/p>\n Alternate 16<\/em> Alternate 17<\/em> Alternate 18<\/em> The major event of this week was a quick visit by my son. I had arranged for him to fly in on Saturday night, without telling my wife–our son’s surprise visit was her birthday present. He spent four days with us, and we did all the usual Alicante things. Main Sunday we drove up to […]<\/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\/516"}],"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=516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":517,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/516\/revisions\/517"}],"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=516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAlternates<\/strong>:<\/p>\n
\nPerhaps this guy should look in the vegetables section instead:
\n![\"IGP0280\"](\"uploads\/2011\/13alt1.jpg\")
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\nFootball match in the sand:
\n![\"_1040023\"](\"uploads\/2011\/13alt2.jpg\")
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\nHe wants to play too:
\n![\"_1040024\"](\"uploads\/2011\/13alt3.jpg\")
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\nInside, the music is playing:
\n![\"_1040044\"](\"uploads\/2011\/13alt4.jpg\")
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\nThis couple is usually at the bar:
\n![\"_1040054\"](\"uploads\/2011\/13alt5.jpg\")
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\nSome people choose to listen from the outside:
\n![\"_1040049\"](\"uploads\/2011\/13alt6.jpg\")
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\nThis is the Arena fitness centre where my wife is a member. A rather striking building, which I find difficult to photograph for some reason:
\n![\"IGP0293\"](\"uploads\/2011\/13alt7.jpg\")
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\nAn afternoon snack on Plaza Luceros:
\n![\"IGP0300\"](\"uploads\/2011\/13alt8.jpg\")
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\nA new trend in the city is to paint the glass recycling bins. I find it an attractive part of the street vista:
\n![\"IGP0302\"](\"uploads\/2011\/13alt9.jpg\")
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\nFor my wife’s birthday on Monday night, we went to eat the good tapas at the Taberna del Gourmet. These are patatas bravas<\/em>:
\n![\"IGP0322\"](\"uploads\/2011\/13alt10.jpg\")
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\nGrilled artichokes:
\n![\"IGP0323\"](\"uploads\/2011\/13alt11.jpg\")
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\nSolomillo<\/em>:
\n![\"IGP0324\"](\"uploads\/2011\/13alt12.jpg\")
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\nThis building was Alicante’s main hotel in the really old days. When we came here in 2007, it had been abandoned many years earlier and stood there as an eyesore in one of the city’s main squares. It has now been renovated and today houses the Chamber of Commerce, the local equivalent of Companies House:
\n![\"IGP0330\"](\"uploads\/2011\/13alt13.jpg\")
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\nWoman and dog outside El Sitio in my neighbourhood:
\n![\"_1040058\"](\"uploads\/2011\/13alt14.jpg\")
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\nMore dog walkers:
\n![\"_1040062\"](\"uploads\/2011\/13alt15.jpg\")
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\nOverall view:
\n![\"IGP0341\"](\"uploads\/2011\/13alt16.jpg\")
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\nDetail of ax:
\n![\"IGP0343\"](\"uploads\/2011\/13alt17.jpg\")
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\nDetail of face:
\n![\"IGP0344\"](\"uploads\/2011\/13alt18.jpg\")
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