[Leica] IMG: pelican, Moss Landing harbor breakwater

[Adam Bridge]

Thank you, Nathan, for looking. And I really appreciate the bit of local cultural information. I'm not widely travelled outside the United States so greatly appreciate this glimpse of other cultures. 

Your current climate is much like ours, it seems, you just have a better beach!

Have a wonderful holiday and a Happy New Year!

Adam

> On 2014 Dec 23, at 10:40 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
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> Beautiful, Adam!
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> The weather here in Alicante is not that warm, at least not at night when it drops down into the 40s on your F scale; but during the day it is nice and sunny and in the 60s, so overall pleasant. Obviously, no chance of snow of any kind.  To this transplanted northerner it therefore does not feel Christmassy until it gets dark and the lights and decorations are on.
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> As for food, in this part of Spain people eat more or less the same as the rest of the year—lots of seafood etc.—but just more of it. There are no real special “Christmas foods” the way you have elsewhere, such as Glühwein in Germany, duck in Denmark etc. The closest we have is turrón, an almond-based sweet, but even that is eaten year-round in Alicante (although not elsewhere in Spain).
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> What we lack in special foods we make up with free time, since many offices (including the one where I work) close between Christmas and New Year. Since January 6 is also a public holiday here, I will not be going back to work until the 7th.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> On 23 Dec 2014, at 20:33, Adam Bridge <abridge at mac.com> wrote:
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>> <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/Monterey-Dec-2014/i-ghVHjPN/A>
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>> These critters are a lot more colorful than I had imagined!
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>> Shot with Leica 180mm f4 R lens on a Sony A7R, substantially cropped, handheld.
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>> I'm liking the Moss Landing / Elkhorn Slough area a lot for photography. We observed 8 different sea otters, one with a pup, many seals and innumerable sealions, some standing in from hunting out in Monterey Bay. And there's Phil's Fish Market for lunch! (yum)
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>> The joy of the season to everyone! We'll have our grandson, Fred, visiting. He's a bit young yet to get into the whole Christmas thing, being only 8 months old or there-abouts, but he's alert, interactive and fun. And the doggies like him.
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>> I'm curious about how Christmas is celebrated in Australia or the warm-climate countries where snow and pine trees don't make a lot of sense.
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>> Merry Christmas to all!
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>> Adam "ours will probably be foggy" Bridge
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