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Category Archives: Experiencing History

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
My mom, dad and my mom's friend Norma at family homestead in Chemainus c.1952

That Old House, Chemainus 1952-59

May 31, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 8 Comments

Editor/Daughter’s Note: In my Dad’s journals of his memories he talks about moving with Mom into their not-so dream home in Chemainus.  That Old House. If the T.V. program ‘This […]

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BC, Experiencing History
Dad's painting of a foggy night in BC, 1951

Nightime on the Green Chain, Port Alberni 1951

May 23, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

Editor/Daughter’s Note: In my Dad’s journals of his memories he last wrote about getting married in Vancouver to my mom.  When I was laid off after the summer season at […]

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BC, Experiencing History
Chew Shingle Mill in False Creek, Vancouver

The Cedar Mill at False Creek in Vancouver, 1950

May 14, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

Note from Editor/Daughter: This story, from my dad’s journal of memories, is about a job he had at a cedar mill in False Creek, Vancouver. Working on the greenchain.   […]

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BC, Experiencing History
Dad's painting of the farm in Denmark, 1928

Tracking Down Places from the Past: The Cottage

March 17, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 11 Comments

When I was in Denmark and Sweden I went off with my cousins to try and track down some the places mentioned in my dad’s stories of his life. In Nordenbro […]

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Denmark, Experiencing History, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge
Dad's Painting of the Hotel Vancouver in 1950

The Hotel Vancouver, 1950

September 5, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

Note from Editor/Daughter: This story, from my dad’s journal of memories, is about a job he had at the Hotel Vancouver in 1950.  When I left the cedar mill, I […]

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BC, Experiencing History
Dad's painting of Arctic Ice Cream in Vancouver, 1951

Working at Arctic Ice Cream in Vancouver, 1951

July 14, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

Editor/Daughter’s Note: From my dad’s journal of memories, this story from Vancouver in 1951. I met a young Dane named Poul and we moved into a rooming house on Thurlow […]

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BC, Experiencing History
The pier at Siø

Tracking Down Places from the Past: The Wharf at Siø

June 30, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

The island’s wharf was a 600-foot-long stone dyke with pilings at the end and a deck over them creating a circular platform wide enough to turn around a horse drawn […]

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Denmark, Experiencing History
Dad's painting of a farm in Denmark

My Dad’s Stories: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

March 7, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

Langeland where I was born has been described by romantic women as the ‘Rose in the Sea’. Editor/Daughter’s Note: When my dad was in his 80s he wrote up his memories […]

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Denmark, Experiencing History, Weekly Photo Challenge
Guadalajara reacts to the teacher's strike that left 11 dead with this sign labeled 'PAX DE FOX' with the dove of peace (who also represents the 'Holy Spirit') degenerating in bayonets and blood

11 Dead in Oaxaca (Mexico)

January 30, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 5 Comments

Guadalajara, 2006.  There’s a protest in the Zocalo. ‘LA PAX DE FOX’ reads one sign, the dove’s wings degrading into knives and bayonets, dripping blood. PAX is ‘peace‘, FOX is […]

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Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Experiencing History, Mexico, Novels and Travel Books

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