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Category Archives: Novels and Travel Books

cherubs crushing grapes in a press in the museum in Mission Hill Winery in West Kelowna, Canada

Mission Hill Winery in West Kelowna, BC’s Okanogan

November 27, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 12 Comments

Now. I just finished reading the novel Crush by Jennifer Margaret Fraser, described as a wine thriller. I found it in the little free library on Granville Island near me, my […]

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BC, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Novels and Travel Books
Burmese Days by George Orwell along with Beer, fruit shake and salty soy beans

Travel Guides and Other Books to Ponder on the Road

September 10, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 9 Comments

One thing I always take with me on every longer trip is a guidebook. Even with the web around, I still can’t imagine travelling without one. Each brand of guidebook […]

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Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Collections from Around the World, Novels and Travel Books, Travel
A quote from James Joyce in Dublin's Temple Bar District

To Read on the Road: Novels Set in Ireland

April 11, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

On the plane to Ireland I had to admit I didn’t much like James Joyce to my Irish seat-mate. She exclaimed, “Oh my dear, no one ever actually reads Joyce, they […]

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Ireland, Novels and Travel Books
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
novel about Vietnam by Camilla Gibb

to Read on the Road: Novels Set in Vietnam

November 25, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

I’m not fond of war so none of the books I chose to read in Vietnam were about the Vietnamese War except as a backdrop. Instead the books focussed on […]

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Novels and Travel Books, Vietnam
Novel: George Orwell's Burmese Days

To Read on the Road: Myanmar

September 1, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

I always try to find a good selection of books to take with me when I travel and here are a few books I read while travelling through Myanmar, and […]

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A Photo a Week Challenge, Myanmar, Novels and Travel Books
Flame Tulip in Stackables

To Read in Holland: The Tulip Craze (and the First Financial Bubble)

April 14, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 8 Comments

1637 was date of the collapse of the world’s first speculative bubble, all created by a passion for tulips. In Holland people mortgaged their houses to buy and sell tulip bulbs for ever-increasing […]

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Gardens, Holland, Novels and Travel Books, Washington
Novel about Amsterdam in 1686, The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

to Read on the Road: Holland

April 18, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

Quite by accident, the three novels I chose to take with me to Holland were all set back in the 1600s, the country’s Golden Age. The Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy […]

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Holland, Novels and Travel Books, One Word Photo Challenge, Travel Theme
Don Quixote

Weekly Photo Challenge: Cover Art Featuring Don Quixote

October 25, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 5 Comments

Whenever I travel somewhere I search out novels that are set in that particular country. My choice for Spain was Don Quixote, primarily because our friend Eddy had been reading the book […]

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Novels and Travel Books, Spain, Weekly Photo Challenge
Mandalay U Bien Bridge

Cover Art for Books to Read in Myanmar

October 24, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 7 Comments

Among my selection of books to read while I was in Myanmar were two famous novels, both featuring the crush of boats at U Bein Bridge in Mandalay on their […]

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Myanmar, Novels and Travel Books, Weekly Photo Challenge

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