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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Busot
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 07:21:31 +0200
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Thanks Howard. All the signs in Busot are in Valenciano, a local dialect of 
Catalan and the official language in the Comunitat Valenciana, to which 
Alicante belongs. In the bigger towns like Alicante, signs are in both 
Spanish and Valenciano; but in small places like Busot, especially inland, 
they are in Valenciano only.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
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YNWA









On May 11, 2014, at 1:54 AM, Howard Ritter wrote:

> Thanks for posting these pictures, Nathan. Really interesting look at 
> aspects of Spanish village life, and dramatic scenics too.
> 
> I noted some significant differences from Spanish on the commemorative 
> plaque with the quotation from Isaiah and on the road sign. Is that 
> Catalan?
> 
> ?howard
> 
> 
> On May 10, 2014, at 6:33 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Busot is a village in the mountains surrounding Alicante. It is one of 
>> the places on my usual cycling route. Right now, I am still too weak to 
>> cycle up there (by next weekend I should be able to), so instead I filled 
>> the back seat of my car with camera bags and drove up there this morning. 
>> This was a nice opportunity to photograph places that I often pass on the 
>> bike but rarely stop (and obviously, I do not have my Leica M8 or the 
>> Fuji medium format with me when I cycle).
>> 
>> The streets in Busot are steep. In many ways, it is a very traditional 
>> place but in recent years northern Europeans have bought houses there, so 
>> even this small village is becoming more international. The attraction 
>> for the foreigners is the laid back lifestyle, absence of crime, lower 
>> prices, and generally peace and quiet compared to what you have on the 
>> coast. And the beach is no more than 10-11 km away. 
>> 
>> Twenty pictures are here, 19 of which are from today (the first one is an 
>> establishing shot from last year; I included it to show the location of 
>> the village). Since I was there in the morning (around 11), not many 
>> people were out and about. The Spanish sleep late on weekends.
>> 
>> http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Busot
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
> 
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