We went for a walk Sunday morning to the marina and boardwalk areas of Alicante. We wanted to check out an art exhibit that was there. As we approached the marina area, we could see large steel frames lined up in rows on the boardwalk.
The Sebastião Salgado ‘Genesis” exhibit had large steel frames with large photographs on each display. We walked along looking at each photograph. Some of the photos were of nature while others were portraits of people.
Photograph of an elephant from Africa,
Photograph of Iceberg near south pole
The exhibit was quite interesting with great photos from across the world.
Shelley and Ray at the Sebastião Salgado ‘Genesis” exhibit.
We went with friends to see the Cirque de Soleil show, which were in large tents set up in Alicante.
Ray, Shelley, Marcello, Sonja and their daughter at the entrance of the Cirque de Soleil.
The tents were very large and had different peaks in its design. On top of each peak was a flag which represented a nationality of some of the performers.
The tents of Cirque de Soleil in AlicanteFlags with Quebec province and Spain at Cirque de Soleil
We went inside the main entrance of the tent to an area which had different displays and souvenirs for sale.
Displays inside the Cirque de Soleil tent
We walked around looking at different displays before heading to our seats. We found our assigned seats and settled in for the show.
Shelley and Ray waiting for the show to begin
The show began with some acrobatics featuring people dressed is frog looking costumes.
Cirque de Soleil performers in frog style costumes.
The show was very interesting and entertaining. There were different acts with numerous types of performances.
There was a contortionists that was amazing to watch. She did poses and maneuvers that were incredible and hard to believe.
contortionists at Cirque de Soleilcontortionists at Cirque de Soleilcontortionists at Cirque de Soleil
The entire show lasted three hours or so and was very impressive. We enjoyed the show and had a great evening with friends.
We celebrated July 4th with some of our friends with a picnic. The 12th century castle of Santa Barbara was a perfect spot, for a picnic. We arrived early and began setting up balloons and decorations for the picnic.
Shelley decorating the picnic area with balloons.
The castle has an area with picnic tables and trees which provide shade.
Ray with the picnic area in the background
The Castle of Santa Barbara is located on Mount Benacantil and is a 166 meters above Alicante. The castle provides great views of the area and part of the coast line of the Mediterranean sea.
The view from our picnic area at the castle
Once we were set up lots of our friends showed up to the picnic. It was a pot luck style and there were foods from many different national backgrounds. There was traditional Venezuela, German, Texas, Polish and United Kingdom foods which everyone shared and enjoyed.
Multi cultural picnic meal with friends at the castle
We enjoyed the day celebrating with our multi-national group of friends from different corners of the world.
Barbara and Shelley enjoying a small beverage
The views were also a great addition to a wonderful day, even the locals dropped in to check out the picnic.
Seagull looking for a free handout.View of the Postuget beach from the Castle
One of the many beautiful features of living in Alicante is the breathtaking views and unique features.
Felipe and Ray decided to go snorkeling at a spot called “El baño de la reina” which translates to “the Queen’s bath”. It is located in Campello, a short distance from the city of Alicante.
The Queen’s Bath located in Campello
We went down to the tourist centre located in Campello and got some information on the Queen’s Bath.
Felipe and Ray at the Queen’s Bath in Campello
There are former Roman pools located at the Queen’s Bath. These pools were used by the Romans as a fish farm. The tourist centre provided us with snorkeling information including an identification card of different fish and plants.
Fish identification card from the tourist information centre
They also provided us with an audio player which you wear on your arm during the snorkeling. We headed down to the Queen’s Bath with our gear.
Felipe and Ray at the Queen’s Bath
We swam for about one hour around the rocks at the Queen’s Bath. There were different types of fish along the rocks and we even saw a sea urchin.
Sea Urchin
The snorkeling was great, it was very interesting and enjoyable.
We went to an internations event at the Xiringuito Ton-Tin which is a small beach bar in Campello.
The Xiringuito Ton-Tin beach front bar
The weather was nice and warm and the beach was a great spot to spend the evening. We arrived at around 8:30 pm and sat with some of our friends on the beach.
Ray with friends from the internations group
The views were breathtaking and there was a nice breeze to keep us cool. We enjoyed great conversations and a few laughs with friends on the beach of the Mediterranean Sea.
Shelley, Vicki, Mark, Mary and Bill on the beach
We watched the sun set and the moon rise. It is one of those enjoyable simple things that always make us pinch ourselves.
The moon over the Medeterranean Sea
There was a full moon and the moonlight was shinning beautifully on the water. We decided to take a picture of our entire group from Internations on the shoreline.
Internations group photo on the beach at el campello
Afterwards we took a picture of us alone on the water’s edge.
Ray and Shelley on the shore of the Mediterranean SeaView of the Xiringuito Ton-Tin beach bar from the shoreline
We had a great evening sitting on the beach and enjoying the wonderful weather with friends.
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