{"id":1305,"date":"2014-12-09T13:47:20","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T12:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1305"},"modified":"2014-12-09T13:47:20","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T12:47:20","slug":"week-49-holiday-season-in-the-office","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1305","title":{"rendered":"Week 49: holiday season in the office"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first week of December is the week when the Christmas celebrations really take off, in various forms, and most of the images for this week are related to the holidays in one way or another. There is also a fair amount of food porn.<\/p>\n

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\nOne early morning, while walking my dog, I realised that the naked trees in our local park could look quite gloomy in the right light. I tried it both in colour and black & white:
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\nOne of the pleasant consequences of my multicultural background is that I am a “member” of several national groups in the office. And so on Wednesday I was part of a traditional Danish Christmas lunch (although we did not get drunk, as often happens in Denmark…):
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\nPrawn cocktail to start the proceedings:
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Last week was also “Solidarity Week” in our office. Basically, various charities are allowed to set up stands selling stuff for the benefit of good causes. One of the initiatives came from within the office–the launch of a new drug called “Sonrisol”, a word play on the Spanish word for “smile” (sonrisa<\/em>). People would pay 5 Euro for the privilege of being photographed with a red nose and reindeer horns, with the money going to pay for school lunches for poor children in Alicante. I was one of the photographers who volunteered a couple of hours of my time for this.<\/p>\n

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\nChristophe tests the setup with Pierre:
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\nPierre and Jessica; Jessica would serve as the saleswoman the next day, grabbing victims as they walked past:
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\nAnother seller, Teresa, putting the horns on a new victim:
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\n…and the resulting picture:
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\nAlexia:
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\nThree ladies from the neighbouring stand, and one of my favourite charities, Asoka (they find homes for abandoned dogs and other animals):
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\nDressed for the season:
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\nCarolina and yours truly:
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\nRubbing noses; I am very pleased with this image, as the pose was my idea:
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On Friday evening we went out for dinner with friends at a new Japanese restaurant which fuses sushi with Mediterranean flavours.<\/p>\n

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\nThe sashimi was delicious:
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\nThe sushi with tempura edge was OK but a bit bland:
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\nBut for me the star was this sushi with Pedro Ximenez sauce–a perfect blend of sushi and tapa:
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The final two images are from Saturday’s bicycle ride to Santa Pola. This is what winter on the beach looks like.<\/p>\n

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