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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
Llandudno Pier in Wales

The Pier at Llandudno in Wales

November 19, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

The pier at Llandudno in Wales is in the tradition of great seaside holiday resorts in Britain. The white and blue wrought-iron railing of the pier looking over the headlands. […]

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Wales
Boathouse and docks in Gronemad on the coast of Sweden

Grönemad on the Bohuslän Coast of Sweden

October 6, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

Grönemad is a tiny town along the Bohuslän Coast of Sweden, a place to stop at on our way to Grebbestad. The typical granite cliffs of the Bohuslän Coast with the […]

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Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Road Trip, Sweden
Old door on a building in Den Gamle By in a museum that contains several of historical 'villages' reconstructed from different time periods. In Aarhus, Denmark

Old Doors in Den Gamle By in Aarhus, Denmark

September 29, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

Den Gamle By in Aarhus is a museum that contains several of historical ‘villages’ reconstructed from different time periods in Denmark. There are many examples of different types of old […]

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Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Denmark
Bright houses in Nyhavn District in Copenhagen, Denmark

Colourful Buildings along the Canals of Nyhavn in Copenhagen

September 22, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 8 Comments

On our first day traipsing around Copenhagen we walked along the harbour front and then turned into the canal area of Nyhavn with its colourful buildings. Many of the buildings in […]

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Denmark
Sign to Gerumhallen The Gerum on a 6 Km Petroglyph Walk Amongst Farmer's Fields in Tanum, Sweden

A 6 Km Petroglyph Walk Amongst Farmers’ Fields in Tanum, Sweden

September 1, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

Exploring the primary petroglyph site of Tanum was so much fun we opted to go on a second walk called Vandringsled. The initial part of a 6 km petroglyph walk among […]

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Sweden
A rock wall filled with carved skulls the Chapel of Our Lady of Hi at Cap Fagnet on the Normandy Coast of France

Visiting Cap Fagnet, above Fécamp on the Normandy Coast of France

August 31, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

Mid-afternoon June 8, 2015. Today’s route took us from Rouen to Le Havre and then up the Alabaster Coast. Cap Fagnet, high above Fécamp on the Normandy Coast of France, offers […]

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France
Old buildings in Den Gamle By, a museum that contains several of historical 'villages' reconstructed from different time periods in Aarhus, Denmark

Old Buildings in Den Gamle By in Aarhus, Denmark

August 18, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 10 Comments

Den Gamle By in Aarhus is a museum that contains several of historical ‘villages’ reconstructed from different time periods in Denmark. Whenever old buildings are torn down somewhere in Denmark, the […]

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Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Denmark
Figurehead on the wooden warship, the Frigate Jylland in Ebeltoft, Denmark

A Large Wooden Warship, the Frigate Jylland in Ebeltoft, Denmark

July 15, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

My cousins listed a number of sights we had to see if we went to Aarhus and one of them was the Frigate Jylland in Ebeltoft. Built to fight maritime battles […]

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Denmark
Dad's painting of the 'Ice Cream' man and his horse in Denmark

Tracking Down the Past: Making Ice Cream (Denmark & Vancouver)

July 4, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 14 Comments

In 2018 Al & I headed to Denmark and Sweden with the idea of meeting up with my aunts and uncles and cousins, and also to track down some of […]

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Denmark, Experiencing History, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Road Trip

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