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Category Archives: Eat Drink Travel

a mish-mash of recipes, restaurant reviews, food photos to drool over and travel experiences from all over the globe

The riper (redder) the habaneros are, the hotter they are. 

Chiles, the Spice of Mexican Life

February 18, 2021by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

Chiles, along with corn and beans, are the foundation of Mexican cooking. Once I discovered more about the various types of chiles, I started adding them to all sorts of […]

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Mexican Food, Mexico
Hot Chocolate is a speciality for the breakfast at Restaurante El Cardenal in Mexico City

Chocolate, a Gift From the God Quetzalcóatl of Mexico

February 13, 2021by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

A legend (leyenda) from Mesoamerica tells us that Quetzalcóatl, the plumed serpent, stole chocolate from the gods and gave it to the people of the earth. Chocolate originated in Mesoamerica, and you […]

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Ingredients, Mexican Food, Spanish Lessons
Aceituna (olive). Translating as 'oily one', olives are on offer everywhere in Spain.

Spanish Food Words with Arabic Origins

January 9, 2021by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

When the Moors arrived in Spain in 711 C.E. they brought with them advanced agricultural methods in addition to introducing many new crops including sugar cane, rice, ginger and saffron […]

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Spain, Spanish Lessons
pierced red metal heart and wood sculpture / red berries against rusty corrugated tin wall; two photos next to each other in my photo previewer

2020 Photos in Review

January 8, 2021by Albatz Travel Adventures 10 Comments

Let’s face it, I have been somewhat of a Grinch this Christmas. All over the internet everyone was writing ‘Merry Christmas’ and I was thinking “What’s so merry about it?” […]

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BC, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge
camastro (lounger) and mesa (table) at Playa Manzanillo in Puerto Escondido

Travel Spanish: Getting Comfortable at the Beach

January 5, 2021by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

Beach / Relaxing / Mexico. Getting comfortable at the beach using Spanish.  A la playa. Bienvenidos a Playa Manzanillo en Puerto Escondido.  ¿Tiene un cojín más gordo?  But don’t hog the […]

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Mexico, Spanish Lessons
December 18th, the day that the Virgen de Soledad was taken out of the church and carried down to the water to bless the fishing fleet

December 18th, the Day of the Virgen de la Soledad

December 18, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

December 18th is the Day of the Virgen de la Soledad in many Hispanic countries. Mexico has their patron saint, the Virgen de Guadalupe, their very own Mary who appeared […]

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Mexico
Poinsettia in Snapseed

Red & Green Poinsettias for Christmas

December 16, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 5 Comments

Poinsettia, Flor de Nochebuena, Cuetlaxóchitl – this beautiful plant has many names. Poinsettias are native to the tropical highlands of Mexico. In the wild they grow into 10-foot-high bushes with explosions of […]

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Friendly Friday Photo Challenges, Mexico, Traditions & Festivals
Statue of the Virgen de Guadalupe at the Basilica de Guadalupe in Mexico

December 12 is the Saint Day of Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico’s Patron Saint

December 12, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

The Virgin of Guadalupe is the patron saint of Mexico. The apparition of a dark-skinned Virgin above Guadalupe on December 12th, 1531 changed the course of history in Mexico; within seven years […]

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Mexico, Traditions & Festivals
small the 'Blue Hour' at a bird sanctuary in Kelowna, Canada

Out in the Blue Hour in BC’s Okanogan, January 2020

December 4, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

Late last year my little camera took back control of the white balance settings – I used them all the time as its auto white balance was horrible, especially in […]

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BC, Cee's Fun Foto Challenge
large-leafed plant curling in and around itself

Searching for Wabi-Sabi in Japan

December 3, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 13 Comments

Tina of the Lens-Artists Challenge introduced me to a completely new word/concept this week: Wabi-sabi, the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection. When I thought back to the times […]

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Japan, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge

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The Thorvaldsen Museum of Sculptures in Copenhagen has tiled floors in complex geometric, almost art deco, patternsThorvaldsen designed the entire 'look' of the museum in order to highlight his neo-classical sculptures - this one of the goddess Venus with an apple
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