Here's a picture of Valencia which I've messed about with in Photshop. It's really easy to get this "Tilt-Shift" effect but I'm not going to explain it here. Although this was doctored in PS it was origiinally taken with a Canoon EOS 500N, so a film camera.
Doua meciuri, doua egaluri. Asta am vazut astazi in 180 de minute. 180 min in care doua echipe mari cu pretentii la titlu in campionatele in care actioneaza au fost incapabile sa treaca pe teren propriu de doua echipe mediocre.
Manchester City - Hull City un meci sub asteptari, lent, nedemn parca de nivelul la care m-a invatat Premier League. Vinovatii?! Nu stiu, nu-mi dau seama, dar parca sedati cu totii dupa 6 egaluri la rand in campionat, au cuvenit sa daruiasca si celor de la Hull City 1 punct(asta le-a dat peste cap calculul de zero puncte pe care si le propusesera pentru meciul cu MCity :P)
Valencia - Mallorca un meci in care liliecii (mi-au mancat nervii,aveam bilet la pariuri) au controlat jocul, au avut ocazii clare(Mata si Hernandez merita batuti) si chiar au reusit sa deschida scorul in min 48 prin Villa. Dar cum "ocaziile se razbuna" si pe buna dreptate, Mallorca a reusit sa inscrie dintr-un penalty acordat in min. 85, scotand un 1 punct care ii mentine pe pozitia a 6-a in Primera dupa 12 etape.
In concluzie "2 de 1-1" si inca o zi pe minus in lupta mea cu pariurile sportive
It is important to be fit when you live right near the sea. You do not find many fat people here in Valencia. One reason is the weather: when you live in a warm to hot climate, there is no need for extra warm clothes and no need to store up body fat, so people tend to be on the thinner side. Imagine if you never put on winter weight because there was not really a winter. (Although I am kinda cold right now because the buildings here were not built to withstand any sort of temperature drop). Also, most people bike, walk, scooter, run, jog, etc. everywhere. The car culture that exists in the States is not present here. Most people live within walking distance of work or at most, a short metro ride. Also there is the beach...you want to look good there.
You can find lots of outdoor activities to do here. The very young to the very old are very into fitness. The parks are always full of every kind of sport and activity imaginable. I even saw outdoor hockey, which made me laugh...because hockey in Spain...really? And lacrosse, but they turned out to be American college students. And people jogging with some weird shoes that made them bounce so as to take the pressure off of their joints. Or rock climbing on the old ancient bridges. Outdoor ping pong. A unicycle. The variety is amazing. By far my favorite is the exercise equipment that is available in most of the small parks scattered across the city. There is a series of about 10 different exercises that are essential to fitness and stretching that some experts came up with and the equipment is all paid for by the Valencia Community government. The initiative has spread to other parts of Spain as well. You see old people doing them, young kids, even super fit football players. People really take their health seriously. So it is not just the ¨Mediterranean diet¨that keeps bodies trim, it is also how people here really make an effort to stay in shape. There are indoor gyms around, but most are satisfied by staying outdoors and doing simple but effective exercises. About the pictures: the first three are located by one of the campuses of my university. The fourth is a grouping of the exercise equipment I was talking about. The big wheel is to stretch your arms and shoulders. The thing that looks like a bike is actually for the hips and lower back. The next is for the legs. The eighth pic is similar to an elliptical machine, without all the gadgetry and the last is for the hips (you stand on one of the plates and it spins. You hold onto the bars on either side and move your lower body from side to side.)
