{"id":830,"date":"2012-10-22T22:01:14","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T21:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=830"},"modified":"2012-10-22T22:06:50","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T21:06:50","slug":"week-42-polish-food-villajoyosa-and-rain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=830","title":{"rendered":"Week 42: Polish food, Villajoyosa and rain"},"content":{"rendered":"

My sister and brother-in-law were still with me all last week. Since I had only limited possibilities to take time off, they spent most of the days relaxing by the pool–just the kind of vacation they wanted. We did get out and about a bit, though.<\/p>\n

42_1<\/strong>
\nThe weather was still nice enough to eat outside, and most of the time Cheeta was under the table, just in case:
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42_2<\/strong>
\nIf no “accidents” occur, Cheeta resorts to more overt begging:
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42_3<\/strong>
\nOne of the traditions when my sister visits is that she makes some of the favourite Polish dishes, starting with pierogi<\/em>, a type of dumplings:
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42_4<\/strong>
\nThe pierogi are first boiled:
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42_5<\/strong>
\nThen they are lightly pan-fried and served with fried onion. Heavenly:
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42_6<\/strong>
\nAnother firm favourite are potato pancakes stuffed with goulash:
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42_7<\/strong>
\nOn my day off, we went for a drive along my cycling routes. This is El Campello. I like this picture because the two different worlds that co-exist here are in it, the traditional goat and sheep herding, with the beachfront apartment buildings in the background:
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42_8<\/strong>
\nWe drove up to the mountain village of Aig\u00c3\u00bces. This is a restaurant on the corner of the main thoroughfare and the main pedestrian street:
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42_9<\/strong>
\nClose-up parking:
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42_10<\/strong>
\nOn Sunday morning we went to have a look at a large outdoor market in another Alicante suburb, San Juan. A rather attractive ham lady:
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42_11<\/strong>
\nShopper in a hurry:
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42_12<\/strong>
\nLittle shopper:
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42_13<\/strong>
\nA rare picture from the office not involving my female colleagues. This is Micha\u00c5\u201a, a Polish economist on my team, discussing the finer points of database matching with Geert, a visiting expert from the European Patent Office:
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42_14<\/strong>
\nWe also drove up to Villajoyosa. The water is still plenty warm for swimming, but the beaches are almost empty and parking is no problem:
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42_15<\/strong>
\nThis is the Villajoyosa waterfront, with posters advertising attractions in nearby Benidorm:
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42_16<\/strong>
\nThis woman carried on a long conversation with a friend on one of the balconies:
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42_17<\/strong>
\nHere is Villajoyosa’s answer to New York’s Flatiron Building:
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42_18<\/strong>
\nThese streets are not made for cars, not even small ones like this:
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42_19<\/strong>
\nAfter backing up, the turn is successfully negotiated:
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42_20<\/strong>
\nHouse detail:
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42_21<\/strong>
\nSaturday did not start very promising. Autumn is definitely here:
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42_22<\/strong>
\nMy sister and brother-in-law were flying back to Poland Sunday morning, so I wanted to make something nice for our Saturday dinner. We went to the Mercado Central to buy tuna steaks and veggies to roast. While waiting our turn, I photographed the fishmonger gutting a fish for a customer:
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42_23<\/strong>
\nI coated the tuna with a mix of spices according to a recipe I found on some US cooking site:
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42_24<\/strong>
\nThe steaks were seared and served with roast vegetables:
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42_25<\/strong>
\nMy wife made flan for dessert, and Cheeta was very interested:
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And thus, on a tasty note, ended our week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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