\nA couple of weeks ago I learned through a group on Facebook that there is actually an American football league in Spain, and that there is a local team called the Alicante Sharks. This week they played the last game of the season, so I went to check it out. Of course American football is a completely obscure sport here in Spain, and the few people who show up at games are mostly Americans living here and their friends:
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![\"L1011277\"](\"uploads\/2014\/20_1.jpg\")
<\/p>\n20_2<\/strong> 20_3<\/strong> 20_4<\/strong> I do not buy much new equipment these days, but this week I picked up a new (used) lens for my Leica, a 2.8\/135mm with goggles. The next two pictures are some of the better test images.<\/p>\n 20_5<\/strong> 20_6<\/strong> 20_7<\/strong> 20_8<\/strong> 20_9<\/strong> 20_10<\/strong> 20_11<\/strong> 20_12<\/strong> This weekend also marked my transition back to normal food, after 3 weeks on a low-fibre diet. My wife made a traditional Polish dish, go\u00c5\u201a\u00c4\u2026bki<\/em>, basically cabbage leaves wrapped around a tasty filling of lean ground meat, rice and spices. <\/p>\n 20_13<\/strong> 20_14<\/strong> 20_15<\/strong> It was back to normal last week. I returned to work, and with no trips or any other excitement, the pictures are from my daily goings-on in Alicante. 20_1 A couple of weeks ago I learned through a group on Facebook that there is actually an American football league in Spain, and that there is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1102,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1196"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1196"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1200,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1196\/revisions\/1200"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIn some ways, the sights on the sidelines were more interesting than the action on the field:
\n![\"L1011282\"](\"uploads\/2014\/20_2.jpg\")
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\nGame over and the teams shake hands:
\n![\"L1011284\"](\"uploads\/2014\/20_3.jpg\")
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\nThe Sharks thank the spectators for showing up and supporting them:
\n![\"L1011286\"](\"uploads\/2014\/20_4.jpg\")
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\nWhen I put out the food for the cats on the golf course, the birds sit on the fence and wait for their chance to steal from the kitties:
\n![\"L1011300\"](\"uploads\/2014\/20_5.jpg\")
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\nA welder working on the biggest construction project in Alicante right now, a major addition to our headquarters building:
\n![\"L1011304\"](\"uploads\/2014\/20_6.jpg\")
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\nEarly morning in my neighbourhood. The first customer has just arrived at this caf\u00c3\u00a9:
\n![\"L1011317\"](\"uploads\/2014\/20_7.jpg\")
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\nAnother picture from my neighbourhood, also early in the morning:
\n![\"L1011315\"](\"uploads\/2014\/20_8.jpg\")
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\nLove declaration:
\n![\"L1011318\"](\"uploads\/2014\/20_9.jpg\")
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\nOn Saturday I went cycling in the mountains for the first time since my hospital stay at the end of April. I took a 2-minute break at this spot about halfway up to Aig\u00c3\u00bces:
\n![\"_1010657\"](\"uploads\/2014\/20_10.jpg\")
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\nOn the square in Aig\u00c3\u00bces, I met another cyclist, snapping pictures with his phone:
\n![\"_1010662\"](\"uploads\/2014\/20_11.jpg\")
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\nHe asked me to take his picture with his phone and then proceeded to send it to someone:
\n![\"_1010660\"](\"uploads\/2014\/20_12.jpg\")
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\nFusion cuisine–adobo is a Puerto Rican spice mix, here it has been used to season a Polish dish. The go\u00c5\u201a\u00c4\u2026bki<\/em> are ready for the pot:
\n![\"L1011320\"](\"uploads\/2014\/20_13.jpg\")
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\nIn the pot:
\n![\"L1011321\"](\"uploads\/2014\/20_14.jpg\")
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\nOn my plate. There is also some left-over cabbage to fill me up:
\n![\"DSF6417\"](\"uploads\/2014\/20_15.jpg\")
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