By coincidence, this week has a decidedly canine theme. Not by design, it is simply that most of the pictures were taken while I was walking around, and there are lots of dogs in Spain.
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Postiguet beach, centre of Alicante:
The alternates:
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Sunday morning, people eat breakfast at a bar on Avenida Vicente Ramos. The Spanish frequently eat breakfast outside the home:
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Two dogs exchange pleasantries on the beachfront promenade:
I often take a motorcycle ride to one of the small towns inland. Sunday I rode to Busot, a village I have shown before.
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Clearly, I was not the only one who had this idea:
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Busot is a very sleepy town indeed:
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People hang trash bags on hooks, presumably to avoid that passing dogs rip them up in search for scraps:
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In the town centre there is a source from which mineral water flows. You put in a coin and fill your bottle:
Than back to Alicante, and more pictures from various walks.
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This is the beach that is closest to my house, about 1.5 km:
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It also serves as a low-rent marina:
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A little dog is waiting while the family’s children have fun on the carrousel:
The final three images are from El Campello, the northern suburb of Alicante.
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A man walks home with a bottle bought at a local bar:
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Man and friend at the beach:
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After receiving several comments from people who liked the photo above, but did not like the colours, I have included a B&W version:
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After taking the picture above, I asked the man to pose for me with his friend:
Man and friend at the beach: a good simbolic one… United wygietymi plecami – wspolna nuda i zamyslenie… What for? … we are still here?!
Comment by Eda — 23 March 2009 @ 14:38