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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 14/3/2020: ghost town
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 14:33:16 +0530
References: <DE826721-9640-4552-8811-671399E46874@frozenlight.eu>

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
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> 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
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