\nThis is my local bicycle shop, Apedales. I have spent at least as much there in the last couple of years as with Leica dealers in various countries. One of the nice things about a local bike shop is that you can come in and just chat or get advice. That is what is going on here:
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![\"_1030981\"](\"uploads\/2011\/10.jpg\")
<\/p>\nAlternate 1<\/em> Alternate 2<\/em> Alternate 3<\/em> Alternate 4<\/em> Then, on Friday afternoon, the department that I manage had its annual tapas outing, el tapeo. We were about 30 people who invaded two pre-selected restaurant in a working-class neighbourhood called Barrio El Pla. <\/p>\n Alternate 5<\/em> Alternate 6<\/em> Alternate 7<\/em> Alternate 8<\/em> Alternate 9<\/em> Alternate 10<\/em> Alternate 11<\/em> Alternate 12<\/em> Alternate 13<\/em> Alternate 14<\/em> Alternate 15<\/em> This week I had to go for tapas twice, both times as part of my job. Tough. So most of the pictures are from those outings. But there are also some images showing some nasty weather we had during the week. Main This is my local bicycle shop, Apedales. I have spent at least as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":470,"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\/499"}],"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=499"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":501,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/499\/revisions\/501"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nDuring much of week, we had strong wind from the sea. It was not cold, but still not beach weather. This is Playa Albufereta:
\n![\"_1030987\"](\"uploads\/2011\/10alt1.jpg\")
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\nAnd this is the beach promenade at the Urbanova beach near my office. Nobody was promenading today:
\n![\"_1030992\"](\"uploads\/2011\/10alt2.jpg\")
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\nThursday I had the heavy duty to take a few people from the office for lunch. We chose an upscale tapas place called La Taberna del Gourmet in the centre of Alicante–highly recommended. This is one of the waitresses having a chat with some customers:
\n![\"_1040008\"](\"uploads\/2011\/10alt3.jpg\")
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\nTapas is not just finger food:
\n![\"_1040003\"](\"uploads\/2011\/10alt4.jpg\")
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\nThis is Samanta, or Sam as she prefers. She works at the UK Intellectual Property Office and is spending a year with us as a Seconded National Expert:
\n![\"IGP0063\"](\"uploads\/2011\/10alt5.jpg\")
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\nThis is Ursula, a Finnish lawyer who has worked at our office for many years:
\n![\"IGP0066\"](\"uploads\/2011\/10alt6.jpg\")
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\nThe ubiquitous lottery vendor came into the bar and did brisk business:
\n![\"IGP0053\"](\"uploads\/2011\/10alt7.jpg\")
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\nOne of the classic tapas, alb\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00b3ndigas<\/em>, or meatballs:
\n![\"IGP0021\"](\"uploads\/2011\/10alt8.jpg\")
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\nMeanwhile, outside it was rainy and nasty:
\n![\"IGP0031\"](\"uploads\/2011\/10alt9.jpg\")
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\nThe tapas restaurants in this neighbourhood are true neighbourhood places, and local people come by just for a chat:
\n![\"IGP0034\"](\"uploads\/2011\/10alt10.jpg\")
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\nWhile we were at the Jes\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00bas Dos restaurant, a group of women came in for a baby shower. Note the grumpy old guy in the corner–this is why I took this picture:
\n![\"IGP0039\"](\"uploads\/2011\/10alt11.jpg\")
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\nSince January, if you smoke, you have to go outside–rain or shine:
\n![\"IGP0046\"](\"uploads\/2011\/10alt12.jpg\")
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\nLooking into the kitchen, one sees a serious paella:
\n![\"IGP0043\"](\"uploads\/2011\/10alt13.jpg\")
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\nFor some unknown reason, a group of people are offering “free hugs” on the Esplanada de Espa\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00b1a:
\n![\"_1040013\"](\"uploads\/2011\/10alt14.jpg\")
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\nFinally, an image taken during a walk in the barrio on Saturday morning. I liked the contrast between the young couple and the lonely old lady:
\n![\"_1040015\"](\"uploads\/2011\/10alt15.jpg\")
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