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Chihuly's large blown-glass sculptures are famous around the world. This one, called 'Fiori di Como', forms the ceiling of the Bellagio's lobby in Las Vegas, USA

Blown Glass From Around the World

April 11, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 5 Comments

Glass blowing is an ancient art, seeming from the first attempts to form glass from silica. The glassblower’s furnace on the Eastside Culture Crawl in Vancouver, BC. Close-up of a piece […]

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Collections from Around the World
Blue glass vases in a window of a museum displaying glassware in Puebla, Mexico

Ryan Photography Challenge: Vase

September 15, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

These two back-lit blue vases really caught my eye in the window of a museum displaying glassware in Puebla, Mexico. Close up of the two vases. More of the Ryan […]

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Reflections of Clouds

October 9, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

For reflections of clouds first you need clouds. That may seem obvious, but some places in the world don’t really have clouds, or at least not often. Las Vegas has […]

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A Photo a Week Challenge, Collections from Around the World
Coffee-tasting cups at La Quinta in San Sebastian, Mexico

CFFC: Cups from Around the World

June 6, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 5 Comments

A collection of cups from around the world. At Chittor Palace in India they serve chai from a teapot with the palace coat of arms on it.  In La Quinta […]

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Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Collections from Around the World
Udaipur Palace Red Hearts and Velvet Wedding

Hearts From Around the World

February 14, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

For Valentine’s day, a collection of hearts… Neufchatel cheese for sale in the Normandy region of France. It is traditionally done in a heart shape. A Delft Blue glass heart […]

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Collections from Around the World
A skull and crossbones chandelier in the Escher Museum in Den Haag, Holland

Photo a Week Challenge: Glass Chandeliers

December 31, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures 8 Comments

In Europe I was fascinated by the variety of glass chandeliers in all their glory. Belgium revelled in antique chandeliers, such as this one in the Hotel Bluets in Brussels. The […]

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A Photo a Week Challenge, Collections from Around the World
Downtown Reflections

One Word Challenge: Cityscape

August 10, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

Vancouver has been called a ‘City of Glass’ by Douglas Copeland, one of its citizens best known for the coining of the expression ‘Generation X’. These are some of my […]

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BC, One Word Photo Challenge

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