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More than half of this week’s blog is from Sunday afternoon, when we visited our friends Roberto and Mariluz in Benidorm. Roberto is a master rice (paella) cook, and we spent a pleasant afternoon watching him cook and then eating. There was also a wine tasting at the office and the usual walking and cycling pictures.<\/p>\n

39_1<\/strong>
\nThe process of making the rice begins with browning of the meat (chicken and rabbit):
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39_2<\/strong>
\nVegetables are added:
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39_3<\/strong>
\nRoberto and Mariluz have a couple of cats. This one was a keen observer. I caught her showing me her tongue:
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39_4<\/strong>
\nGetting a scrap or two:
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39_5<\/strong>
\nBeing her majestic self:
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39_6<\/strong>
\nMeanwhile, the rest of us were munching and talking:
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39_7<\/strong>
\nRoberto adds the rice to the meat and veggies:
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39_8<\/strong>
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39_9<\/strong>
\nA critical milestone in the preparation of a rice; the caldo<\/em> (broth) is added:
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39_10<\/strong>
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39_11<\/strong>
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39_12<\/strong>
\nRoberto and Mariluz taste the broth and confer:
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39_13<\/strong>
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39_14<\/strong>
\nIt’s ready!
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39_15<\/strong>
\nIt tastes as good as it looks:
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39_16<\/strong>
\nMariluz doles out the goodies:
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39_17<\/strong>
\nMariluz and Roberto live in a hilly area outside Benidorm. After the rice, we went for a walk:
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39_18<\/strong>
\nLooking one way, the sea:
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39_19<\/strong>
\nLooking the other way, the hills:
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39_20<\/strong>
\nTo get back to the paved road we had to scramble up a grassy and rather steep hillside. Elio struggled a bit in his flip-flops but he made it:
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39_21<\/strong>
\nNereyda arrives at the top:
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39_22<\/strong>
\nMariluz arrives too:
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Afterwards, it was time to go home. Monday morning loomed, and besides, I wanted to watch the Buffalo Bills game at 7 p.m., on the NFL network.<\/p>\n

39_23<\/strong>
\nWhen I walk around downtown Alicante, I always look up. I really like the various shop and bar signs, some old-school, some fanciful:
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39_24<\/strong>
\nA bar:
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39_25<\/strong>
\nA cheap hotel:
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39_26<\/strong>
\nBack to my neighbourhood and my golf course cats. This one is getting braver, and now waits for me on my side of the fence:
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39_27<\/strong>
\nOn Thursday evening, we had the monthly wine tasting at the office. This was the overall setting, this time on our outside terrace:
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39_28<\/strong>
\nThe presenter was from a company called Nuevos Vinos, which has its own bodegas but also markets the products of other wine makers. He was very knowledgeable:
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39_30<\/strong>
\nServing the next round. The format is always the same; a wine is served, the presenter talks about it, and then we taste it. This time it was two whites and three reds:
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39_31<\/strong>
\nThis was my favourite of the reds, but I will not be buying any because at \u00e2\u201a\u00ac18 it is too expensive for what it is:
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39_32<\/strong>
\nWine glasses and bokeh:
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39_33<\/strong>
\nAs usual, I cycled every day after work, which meant that I saw some pretty sunsets:
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39_34<\/strong>
\nOn Saturday I cycled to Jijona via Busot. On the way, I stopped to pee, eat a banana, and take a picture. Or rather, I took 8 pictures of this curve in the road (which I had just climbed) and stitched them together in Lightroom to create a 180-degree panoramic image:
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39_35<\/strong>
\nThis is usually how I find Cheeta when I return from my bike rides. As a guard dog, she is pretty much retired:
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Saturday evening I went to El Campello to watch the Arsenal-Chelsea match in an English bar.<\/p>\n

39_36<\/strong>
\nSmoking indoors is banned in Spain, so a smoke break means going outside:
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39_37<\/strong>
\nDuring half time, I took a brief walk along the beach. There were a few people out and about. The air was clear, so Benidorm was visible in the distance:
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39_38<\/strong>
\nSurfers:
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39_39<\/strong>
\nWalkers:
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39_40<\/strong>
\nFriends:
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