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Poinsettia in Snapseed

Red & Green Poinsettias for Christmas

December 16, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 5 Comments

Poinsettia, Flor de Nochebuena, Cuetlaxóchitl – this beautiful plant has many names. Poinsettias are native to the tropical highlands of Mexico. In the wild they grow into 10-foot-high bushes with explosions of […]

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Statue of the Virgen de Guadalupe at the Basilica de Guadalupe in Mexico

December 12 is the Saint Day of Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico’s Patron Saint

December 12, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

The Virgin of Guadalupe is the patron saint of Mexico. The apparition of a dark-skinned Virgin above Guadalupe on December 12th, 1531 changed the course of history in Mexico; within seven years […]

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Mexico, Traditions & Festivals
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 13 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
a variety of different types of corn

Corn, the Base of Mexican Life

September 18, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 5 Comments

Corn (maíz) was the basis of agriculture in all of Mesoamerica. The Aztecs had a corn god called ‘Centeotl’; the Mayan’s ‘God of Maize’ was called Yum Kaax. He was usually […]

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Eat Drink Travel, Mexico & Central America, Spanish Lessons
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
Popped down to the Grand Canyon for sunset

Arizona, the Again and Again State: You Can’t Just Visit It Once!

April 13, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 19 Comments

I’ve been to Arizona three times and each trip has been totally different. And I’ve had friends go to Arizona, and they have been to totally different places than me […]

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Arizona, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Travel, Western USA & Canada
Number 235 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Numbers with a Spanish Twist

February 19, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

For the last 25 years I have been working with a friend on a Spanish course called Soleado, and whenever I travel to a Spanish-speaking country I am always on […]

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Spanish Lessons
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
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

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