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The Cathedral in Dieppe, France

The City of Dieppe on France’s Opal Coast

May 23, 2021by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

A road trip through Northern France in a sunny June… In June hotels seemed at way more of a premium than we were used to with our ‘book-as-you-go’ travel style. […]

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France, Road Trip

Stopping at Places Nobody Has Ever Heard Of: Marquelia in Mexico

June 9, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 13 Comments

Yes, but why would anyone want to stop in Marquelia?” the bartender in Puerto Escondido asked me. “We stopped there so we didn’t have to stop in Acapulco.” “Okay, I […]

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Mexico
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 4 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
Frank Gehry architecture in El Ciego, a hotel attached to a winery in La Rioja, Spain

An Old Winery Combined with Gehry’s Architectural Vision in Elciego, Spain

July 17, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

In northern Spain they have something they call the ‘Bilbao Effect’. This has to do with the spectacular Gehry-designed Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao which has sprouted a mass of modern […]

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Architecture, Spain
SS Rotterdam Cruise Ship

SS Rotterdam Cruise Ship Hotel in Rotterdam

July 3, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

The SS Rotterdam Cruise Ship Hotel is done up as if you were out cruising in the 50s, when travelling this way was the height of elegance. Even if you’re […]

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Beer & Cider, Holland
The view from our hotel in Mandalay first thing in the morning

Frantic, Flustered, Fried, Frustrated: Arriving in Mandalay

November 30, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

On the shuttle into Mandalay we showed our hotel address to an attendant. He shook his head, “Long way.” And once we arrived we showed the same address to the waiting taxi drivers. […]

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