\nThis is the view from Santa Pola lighthouse, a few km outside the town:
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![\"L1001533\"](\"uploads\/2009\/3.jpg\")
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\nA Dutch family was also enjoying the view:
\n![\"L1001531\"](\"uploads\/2009\/3alt1.jpg\")
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\nDivision of labour on the beach. The husband is fishing, the wife is taping their little dog:
\n![\"L1001515\"](\"uploads\/2009\/3alt2.jpg\")
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\nThis is the kind of photography we expected to engage in while looking around Santa Pola:
\n![\"L1001528\"](\"uploads\/2009\/3alt3.jpg\")
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\nWhat we had not counted on is that there was a half-marathon in the town. So we had a look at that. This woman is happy–she is almost done running the 21 km:
\n![\"L1001517\"](\"uploads\/2009\/3alt4.jpg\")
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\nThis man looks somewhat more tired, but not too tired to exchange a high-five with a spectator:
\n![\"L1001523\"](\"uploads\/2009\/3alt5.jpg\")
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\nAfterwards, we drove back to Alicante and had lunch on the esplanade. As often happens in outdoor restaurants, a singer came by. The people at the neighbouring table were taking the old lady out for lunch, and they asked the singer to play a couple of her favourite songs:
\n![\"L1001539\"](\"uploads\/2009\/3alt6.jpg\")
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\nSatisfied with his tip, the singer moves on:
\n![\"L1001541\"](\"uploads\/2009\/3alt7.jpg\")
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\nTuesday evening there was a wine tasting at the office. During our wine tastings, we always take a break to allow people to look at the art on display in the atrium:
\n![\"L1001566\"](\"uploads\/2009\/3alt8.jpg\")
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\nThursday at lunchtime I had to investigate tapas restaurants with a couple of my colleagues. This duty fell upon us because our department is having a tapas outing this coming Friday, so we had to scout the places we plan to visit. Here are my colleagues Rosario and Jo\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a3o:
\n![\"L1001579\"](\"uploads\/2009\/3alt9.jpg\")
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\nTapas on the counter:
\n![\"L1001576\"](\"uploads\/2009\/3alt10.jpg\")
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\nRestaurant employee eating lunch:
\n![\"L1001583\"](\"uploads\/2009\/3alt11.jpg\")
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\nMan reading the paper:
\n![\"L1001582\"](\"uploads\/2009\/3alt12.jpg\")
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\nWoman reading the paper:
\n![\"L1001586\"](\"uploads\/2009\/3alt13.jpg\")
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\nSomething I have never seen before. At this tapas bar, each table has its own beer tap which functions the same way as a dispenser at a petrol station. Very convenient:
\n![\"L1001589\"](\"uploads\/2009\/3alt14.jpg\")
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