{"id":1034,"date":"2013-08-18T08:37:04","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T07:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1034"},"modified":"2013-08-18T08:40:08","modified_gmt":"2013-08-18T07:40:08","slug":"week-32-back-in-alicante","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1034","title":{"rendered":"Week 32: back in Alicante"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the cruise during the preceding week, it was back to work. A quiet week at the office, with few meetings and lots of time to actually get stuff done. The children are still with us. Very much the usual summer in Alicante.<\/p>\n<p><strong>32_1<\/strong><br \/>\nLili the Cheese Lady keeps coming to the office every Tuesday to sell her delicious goat cheeses out of the trunk of her car:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2013\/32_1.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3583\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>32_2<\/strong><br \/>\nMonica cooking:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2013\/32_2.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3588\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>32_3<\/strong><br \/>\nThe cat doing what cats do best:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2013\/32_3.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3597\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>32_4<\/strong><br \/>\nSunset on the golf course, as seen from my back porch:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2013\/32_4.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3626\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>32_5<\/strong><br \/>\nSeneca Square, Alicante. This used to be the bus station. It was moved a couple of years ago, and the area was supposed to be converted into a much needed park in a low-income area with very little greenery. But then the economic crisis really began to bite and, like many other projects, this one was delayed indefinitely. But some students and citizens took matters in their own hand:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2013\/32_5.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3592\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>32_6<\/strong><br \/>\nI was there in the middle of the afternoon, the hottest part of the day, so the makeshift park was largely empty. But one little boy was making use of it:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2013\/32_6.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3595\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>32_7<\/strong><br \/>\nAnother cycling picture, the church spire in Aigues on a glorious Saturday morning:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2013\/32_7.jpg\" alt=\"_1010339\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>32_8<\/strong><br \/>\nA contrasting image, from the centre of Alicante. The anarchist graffiti means &#8220;no God, no country, no king&#8221;:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2013\/32_8.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3620\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Later on Saturday, I made one of my periodic visits to the Mercado Central to buy a leg of lamb and some other stuff, and of course to have a look at the place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>32_9<\/strong><br \/>\nFlowers and shadows on the square behind the Mercado:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2013\/32_9.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3601\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>32_10<\/strong><br \/>\nFamily snapshot:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2013\/32_10.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3621\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>32_11<\/strong><br \/>\nIn the meat section. I cannot decide whether this is a goat&#8217;s head or perhaps a young horse&#8217;s:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2013\/32_11.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3598\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>32_12<\/strong><br \/>\nThe veggie section. The quality and variety of the produce here in Spain is second to none:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2013\/32_12.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3614\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>32_13<\/strong><br \/>\nBut it is the fish section that provides the best photo opportunities:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2013\/32_13.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3609\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>32_14<\/strong><br \/>\nShellfish stand:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2013\/32_14.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3603\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>32_15<\/strong><br \/>\nLooking on:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2013\/32_15.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3606\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>32_16<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd finally, the lady I think of as &#8220;The Glamorous Fishmonger&#8221;:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2013\/32_16.jpg\" alt=\"DSF3608\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the cruise during the preceding week, it was back to work. A quiet week at the office, with few meetings and lots of time to actually get stuff done. The children are still with us. Very much the usual summer in Alicante. 32_1 Lili the Cheese Lady keeps coming to the office every Tuesday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":877,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1034"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1034"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1036,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1034\/revisions\/1036"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}