Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The last one is grotesque, to say the least! Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 11:31 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Going to the Mercado Central here in Alicante used to be one of my > customary Saturday morning pleasures, often more to look than to buy. > During the pandemic I have been going much less often; the layout of the > market is such that keeping the 2 meters distance is virtually impossible, > and I found it a generally unpleasant experience in the circumstances. But > now that I have had the Covid myself, I am less concerned for my own > safety, and also I have to say that compliance with the sanitary measures > (masks, hand cleaning etc.) is quite exemplary. So on Saturday I walked > around the Mercado a bit. I was pleased to see that some of the posts that > had gone out of business last time I was there in the autumn have now > reopened under new management. The character of the market is slowly > changing; there are now several small bars and caf?s like in the Boquer?a > in Barcelona, something that did not exist at all a year ago. There are > also a couple of new higher-end shops, such as one selling good coffee from > around the world (I have never had Cuban coffee!), and one selling products > from Germany, where I bought some excellent bratwurst from > Baden-W?rtemberg. As always, much of the pleasure is to photograph the more > traditional part of the food. I choose B&W for these 3 images, just because > I felt like it. > > Seafood counter: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-H7HfDFn/A > > More seafood?that pulpo looks really good: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-RvcQ6dW/A > > Not for the squeamish, goat or sheep heads (I think the latter, but I am > no expert on such things): > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-8zRSC5G/A > (I also had no idea what people do with these, but obviously there must be > a demand for them since they being sold). > > After all this, I cooked a vegan dinner last night, a Japanese aubergine > curry. > > 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