My City
Here's some photos:
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| My street corner |
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| Close up of the street sign, by law, all public things have to be in Valencian and Spanish, it reads "Painters' Street" |
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| The view of Benidorm, a neighboring city |
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| Some people looking at the view |
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| Front of the church, there will be a post to come with more church photos because it's gorgeous |
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| View, lot's of views |
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| El Mar |
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| A view down one of the streets near me |
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| The church |
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| Grape vines |
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| A neat street in the shopping district |
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| More of that |
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| Mountains! |
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| Streets of Altea |
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| The sea |
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| One of my more favourite places, right out on the sea |
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| A tapestry with Altea's coat of arms in the library. Atop is Sant Blai (Saint Blaise), Altea's patron saint. His big feast with a procession and fireworks is this Monday. |
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| Street signs in Valencian. Like I said above, the law dictates that in "La Comunidad Valenciana" (my region), all signs and public texts, including assignments and handouts at school, must be in both Spanish and Valencian. It's amazing how people get all bent out of shape when things are only in Spanish but nobody bats an eye if all that's written is just the Valencian. |
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| Old street lamp with the coat of arms |
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| Close up |
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| More street signs |
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| There's a storm a comin'! |
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| Yours truly |
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| Where I go every morning to buy a fresh loaf of huge French bread for 80 cents |
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| A statue commemorating the hard work of the normal working man |
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| Many banners like these hang all over town for a local fiesta called Santísimo Cristo del Sagrado. This weekend will be lots of parties, fireworks, food, processions, music, and Holy Mass. More photos to come! |
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| Finally, a view of my street. |
Sean
