{"id":1361,"date":"2015-03-03T22:12:14","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T21:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1361"},"modified":"2015-03-03T22:12:14","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T21:12:14","slug":"week-10-pierogi-tapas-the-city-rice-in-almoradi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1361","title":{"rendered":"Week 10: pierogi, tapas, the city, rice in Almorad\u00c3\u00ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photographically speaking, a mixed bag this week. I got a new camera, the Panasonic LX100, to use when I really need to travel light but still want more flexibility in terms of focal length than my little Ricoh GR can provide. So a lot of this week&#8217;s pictures from Alicante were taken with the LX100&#8211;I tried to use it as much as possible to learn its various idiosyncracies. But I start with some delicious food.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10_1<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen my sister visited in October, she made a big batch of <em>pierogi<\/em>, a tasty, traditional Polish dish. We froze a couple of servings, one of which I devoured this week. After defrosting, I simply fried them in a bit of olive oil with chopped onion:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/10_1.jpg\" alt=\"R001225\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>10_2<\/strong><br \/>\nOn Wednesday evening, I had to go out for dinner with a visiting economist from the European Patent Office. A small group of us went to Kategorri, a Basque tapas restaurant in the centre of Alicante. The food is excellent:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/10_2.jpg\" alt=\"1000027\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>10_3<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/10_3.jpg\" alt=\"1000029\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>10_4<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/10_4.jpg\" alt=\"1000030\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>10_5<\/strong><br \/>\nCarolina is from Galicia, the region of Spain with the best seafood, so she is passionate about it. What she is showing here is not pictures of her children but pictures of some Galician crustacean:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/10_5.jpg\" alt=\"1000031\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I also continued to explore our new building with the new camera.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10_6<\/strong><br \/>\nLeaving:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/10_6.jpg\" alt=\"1000003\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>10_7<\/strong><br \/>\nGoing up:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/10_7.jpg\" alt=\"1000020\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>10_8<\/strong><br \/>\nLight:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/10_8.jpg\" alt=\"R001227\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then a walk in the city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10_9<\/strong><br \/>\nEsplanada de Espa\u00c3\u00b1a on a quiet weekday evening:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/10_9.jpg\" alt=\"1000022\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>10_10<\/strong><br \/>\nSurfer, Plaza Puerta del Mar:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/10_10.jpg\" alt=\"1000032\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>10_11<\/strong><br \/>\nGraffiti 1:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/10_11.jpg\" alt=\"1000040\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>10_12<\/strong><br \/>\nGraffiti 2:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/10_12.jpg\" alt=\"1000043\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>10_13<\/strong><br \/>\nPlot for sale:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/10_13.jpg\" alt=\"1000042\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>10_14<\/strong><br \/>\nPoetry wall:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/10_14.jpg\" alt=\"1000044\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then a couple dog walk pictures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10_15<\/strong><br \/>\nBirdie:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/10_15.jpg\" alt=\"1000038\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>10_16<\/strong><br \/>\nStretching:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/10_16.jpg\" alt=\"1000035\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The remaining pictures are from a lunch at Carmen and Hilari\u00c3\u00b3n&#8217;s place in the countryside near Almorad\u00c3\u00ad. A fuller set of images from this wonderful afternoon can be seen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatpix.eu\/Other\/Arroz-de-Hilarion-28Feb2015\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.greatpix.eu\/Other\/Arroz-de-Hilarion-28Feb2015', 'here']);\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10_17<\/strong><br \/>\nThe setting:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/10_17.jpg\" alt=\"L1012134\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>10_18<\/strong><br \/>\nGenerations:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/10_18.jpg\" alt=\"L1012128\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>10_19<\/strong><br \/>\nHilari\u00c3\u00b3n makes the rice:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/10_19.jpg\" alt=\"L1012140\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>10_20<\/strong><br \/>\nRice with artichokes, spring garlic and fava beans. All the vegetables picked from the surrounding fields that morning:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/10_20.jpg\" alt=\"L1012148\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>10_21<\/strong><br \/>\nSince I had my M8 with me, I could not resist photographing the orange grove in infrared:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/10_21.jpg\" alt=\"L1012123\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>10_22<\/strong><br \/>\nMy harvest:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/10_22.jpg\" alt=\"L1012163\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photographically speaking, a mixed bag this week. I got a new camera, the Panasonic LX100, to use when I really need to travel light but still want more flexibility in terms of focal length than my little Ricoh GR can provide. 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