Crows and Ravens from Around the World
Crows, Ravens and Relatives. In Chinese the character for a crow is ‘wu’, the pictograph of a bird but without the line indicting the eye, a reference to fact that […]
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A Collection of Circles from Around the World
A collection of circles from around the world. Non-digital clocks are always circular in shape, like this old Gastown steam clock at night in Vancouver, Canada. Coiling wire into interesting […]
The Smokin’ Volcán Poás in Costa Rica
As we were leaving the city of Alajuela we spotted a viewpoint for the Volcán Poás just off the road, and decided to explore a bit more. Poás Volcano creates […]
Tile-Work From Around the World
A collection of tile-work from around the world. Holland is a country that loves using tiles to tell stories about their cities – this one features Utrecht one of my […]
Reflections on Water from Around the World
A collection of reflections on water from around the world. The marble facade of the Taj Mahal at sunrise mirrored in the reflecting pool (Agra, India). Watching the sunset reflected […]
Travel Spanish: En un mapa de la costa
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 […]
Unique Wooden Objects from Around the World
A collection of wooden objects from around the world. Antique wooden shoes in a store in Sweden. Old wooden crates of beer at the Henri Maes Half Moon Brewery in […]
Traditional Pigments Made from Earth
The first pigments used in cave paintings were a combination of finely ground earth (usually in the form of clay) mixed with animal fat. The only cave paintings I have […]
The Patina of Copper in Denmark
There was so much verdigris in Denmark that I thought they must have had a ton of copper mines in the vicinity. But as I learned from the Bronze Age […]
Bridges from Around the World 4
A collection of bridges from around the world. This is the bridge in Bilbao that leads over to the city’s famous Guggenheim Modern Art Museum. An old suspension bridge along the […]
Albatz Travel Adventures 