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Category Archives: Spain

Covadonga Lagos (Lakes)

Treasure Hunt in Spain

October 1, 2022by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

This week the Lens-Artists photo challenge, lead by Tina, leads us on a hunt to find treasures. I decided to try to find all the treasures in one country: Spain. […]

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Spain
Aerial shot of the desert and mountains as they meet up with the Pacific Ocean on the coast of Mexico

Travel Spanish: En un mapa de la costa

April 19, 2022by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

On the map. Tierra: la isla, la península, la playa, la costa, el faro, el malecón, el puerto, el muelle, la punta, el cabo, el acantilado (a cliff), el embarcadero […]

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Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Mexico, Spain, Spanish Lessons
Vermut y tapas in Potes, Spain

How Not to Starve in Spain

March 19, 2022by Albatz Travel Adventures 14 Comments

Every time we’ve been to Spain we had trouble with the way they scheduled their meals. If you (like Al) want a big breakfast, fancy some lunch around 1:00 and then […]

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Spain, 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
Olives and tidbits for sale at San Miguel Market, Madrid's 'Gastronomic Temple' in Spain

San Miguel Market, Madrid’s ‘Gastronomic Temple’

April 7, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

According to esmadrid.com “the Mercado de San Miguel is the city’s gastronomic temple, the contemporary essence of all the corners of Spanish cuisine.” Opened in May 1916 as a food market, this centenary […]

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Spain
El Greco painting: View of Toledo

Toledo es El Greco, El Greco es Toledo

March 8, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 8 Comments

The first time I arrived in Toledo, the bus dropped us at the road below the city and we began a long magical trudge upwards through the winding medieval streets […]

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Art, Spain
Castillo de Curiel, a medieval castle converted into a hotel situated near Penafiel in Spain

Castillo de Curiel in Spain, Spending the Night in a Renovated Medieval Castle

November 4, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

October 15, 2014. It never stopped raining that day so we headed straight for our destination that night, the Castillo de Curiel, a renovated medieval castle that had been converted […]

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Experiencing History, Spain
Clunia Roman Mosaic Floor

Clunia, an Extensive Roman Ruin in Spain

November 2, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

October 15, 2014, morning. CLUNIA, A ROMAN RUIN We started our soggy day by heading to Clunia, a Roman ruin that had existed as a town for several hundred years […]

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Experiencing History, Road Trip, Spain
View from the Monastery in Valvanera, Spain

Valvanera, an 11th Century Monastery in La Rioja, Spain (& the Journey There)

October 22, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

October 14, 2014. On our drive through the province of La Rioja in Spain we spotted this unusual rock formation in the village of Anguiano. We were on our way from […]

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Road Trip, Spain
Mansilla de la Sierra: a drowned village

Mansilla de la Sierra, a Drowned Village in La Rioja, Spain (plus Lunch)

October 19, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

I love taking backroads – somehow I find them more interesting than the ‘big’ sights of an area. On our way to Mansilla de la Sierra from Valvanera we were […]

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A Photo a Week Challenge, Road Trip, Spain

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