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Visiting Elke and Oscar in Alicante! (Or "Oh la mer!")
Immediately after getting back from the road trip to Blackpool and Liverpool, we headed off the following morning to Alicante, Spain to visit our friends Elke and Oscar! What a contrast to the cold, windy Northwest of England! It was clear and sunny and pretty warm! Ahhhhh... now THIS is summer!!
Brand new (erected in honor of our visit! haha!) entry sign
to the town where they live.
View from a nearby hill we walked up the first evening
Stuart, Elke and Oscar
View to the sea!!! I see the sea! Do you see the sea?
The first evening, we'd gone for a walk with Oscar's parents' dogs. They live right around the corner (literally) from Elke and Oscar. When we came back to return the dogs, we were invited in and immediately fed and watered for several hours. Lots of good food, wine and conversation!
We arrived the week of the Festival of San Juan. They were setting up the paper mache foguetes (I think) in preparation for the bonfires the next night.
Another fogueta
There were also random groups of musicians and dancers roaming the streets.
It was very hot so I can only imagine they were melting in those outfits!
Close up of a girl in traditional costume
View of the sea from our table at lunch!!
The beach was packed at midnight with people barbecuing and generally just partying! There were people of all ages out- even small children. It was crazy!
To try and take advantage of the short visit, we headed to the beach the morning of our departure for a couple of hours.
View of the Mediterranean Sea...
Elke packing up to head back to the house!
Brand new (erected in honor of our visit! haha!) entry sign
to the town where they live.
View from a nearby hill we walked up the first evening
Stuart, Elke and Oscar
View to the sea!!! I see the sea! Do you see the sea?
The first evening, we'd gone for a walk with Oscar's parents' dogs. They live right around the corner (literally) from Elke and Oscar. When we came back to return the dogs, we were invited in and immediately fed and watered for several hours. Lots of good food, wine and conversation!
We arrived the week of the Festival of San Juan. They were setting up the paper mache foguetes (I think) in preparation for the bonfires the next night.
Another fogueta
There were also random groups of musicians and dancers roaming the streets.
It was very hot so I can only imagine they were melting in those outfits!
Close up of a girl in traditional costume
View of the sea from our table at lunch!!
The beach was packed at midnight with people barbecuing and generally just partying! There were people of all ages out- even small children. It was crazy!
To try and take advantage of the short visit, we headed to the beach the morning of our departure for a couple of hours.
View of the Mediterranean Sea...
Elke packing up to head back to the house!