Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not at all like this here, but I am able to detect a perceptible thinning of the crowds, and much freer roads. We might get saved from a full fledged pandemic because the onset of a hot summer is almost upon us - let us hope for the best. Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 1:37 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > As from Saturday morning, all bars and restaurants in Alicante are closed. > Monday morning, the emergency decree comes into effect, basically shutting > down all movement in Spain except for going to work (for those who cannot > telework), shopping for food and other basic necessities and accessing > medical services. There are a few exceptions having to do with caring for > elderly or disabled people etc., but certainly all leisure activities are > finished for now. Even my bicycle rides will be forbidden from tomorrow > (the decree specifies permitted uses of public roads, and recreational > cycling is not one of them). > > So, yesterday afternoon, my daughter and I drove to the centre of Alicante > while we still can to document the highly unusual look of the city. > > This is the main pedestrian coastal promenade, normally full of people on > a sunny afternoon: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-KKDJFqX/A > > Calle Mayor, one of the main restaurant streets: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-tVrs7Gd/A > > The playground in a small park near my house: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-k7SLwp5/A > > Our beach, now closed: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-v8G4Q9q/A > > The next 2 weeks I am working at home and not going out much. Walking on > the beach promenade will continue to be possible, so that will be that. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information