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View of Conwy Castle in Wales from the beach beside the castle

Conwy Castle and its Medieval Town Walls in Wales

May 18, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

Conwy Castle, where you can walk along some of the best-preserved medieval town walls in Europe and admire the views of the town and water. Our first view of Conwy […]

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Wales
Cahir Castle Park

Cahir Castle in the Irish Autumn

October 11, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

October 11. We came upon Cahir Castle in October, just as the trees were starting to change colour. The moat surrounding the castle.A colourful engraving of Cahir Castle when it […]

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Ireland, Road Trip
Galley Head Castle Ruins, Ireland

Galley Head Cliffs, Castle and Lighthouse in Ireland

September 25, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

October 9. We spent the day in County Cork driving from Skibbereen around to the fishing villages of Baltimore and Union Hall, visited a large number of beaches including Galley Head, […]

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Ireland, Road Trip
Stone sculptures in the public garden of Sneem, Ireland

Stacking Stones, an Irish Pastime

September 20, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

I think Ireland has more rocks than any other place in the world. With so many rocks they have come up with inventive ways to use them, and this includes […]

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A Photo a Week Challenge, Ireland
Laugharne Castle in Wales

Different Ways of Looking at Laugharne Castle in Wales

August 20, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 11 Comments

I’m looking every which way at Laugharne Castle in Wales. When I first come upon a castle ruin I walk around it, looking at it first from one side, And […]

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Wales
A wall with a fish fountain in Glenveagh National Park, Ireland

Glenveagh National Park Castle & Gardens, Ireland

August 8, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

Glenveagh National Park in Ireland has an extensive wilderness area but there is also a proper castle with a perfect castle garden. The garden manages to be both formal and […]

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Ireland
A Traditional Music Session in a Doolin Pub

Doolin, My Favourite Town in Ireland

June 8, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

October 2. On the way to Doolin from Galway. Dunguiare Castle. Here we tramped around and admired the swans.After Dungiare Castle we found another castle in ruins……and an old abandoned boat. […]

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Ireland, Road Trip
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 3 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
A model of the dinosaur that made the three-toed Huellas de Dinosaurio, 'Dinosaur Footprints' embedded in the stone

Time Travelling in Spain

August 26, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

October 14, 2014. Today we went back to the time of dinosaurs then fast forwarded to the days of early Christians, then back to Roman times, and finished by spending […]

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A Photo a Week Challenge, Experiencing History, Road Trip, Spain
Benches made up of the unique stones found in Inisoir, one of the Aran Islands of Ireland

The Aran Island of Inisheer in Ireland Has Rocks

August 5, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 10 Comments

I think Ireland probably has more rocks than any other country in the world. And the Aran Island of Inisheer has the most rocks in all of Ireland. To deal […]

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Ireland

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