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Dad's painting of the Sio farm in Denmark, 1932

Life on Siø, an Island Farm, Denmark 1936

April 1, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

From my dad’s journal of memories: a story from his life on Siø farm when he was a teenager in Denmark during the dirty thirties. The work in the fields went on but […]

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Dad's painting of Siø in the summer of 1935

Siø, King* Peter’s Island in Denmark, 1935

March 30, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

Note from Editor/Daughter: After my grandfather’s creamery went broke in the great depression, my father was ‘farmed out’ to his uncle Peter’s farm on Siø. My dad was 14 at […]

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Aran Island of Inisheer: the Castle Ruins

The Aran Island of Inisheer in Ireland

August 28, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

Today we were off to the Doolin Ferries to see if we could figure out the schedule to the Aran Islands — the information was quite obscure online. At the […]

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Ireland, One Word Photo Challenge
Dad's painting of the iced-over river by Sio farm in Denmark

Ice Winter on Sio Farm in Denmark, 1936-37

December 21, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

Dad’s memories of his first winter on his uncle Peter’s farm on Siø, an island off of Langeland in Denmark. The first winter I was on the island the strait […]

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Denmark
Live prawns in a tank on Lamma Island

Travel Theme: Fresh Seafood on Lamma Island, near Hong Kong

June 18, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

Lamma Island is a kind of ‘hippie’ enclave only a short ferry ride away from Hong Kong. If you want organic greens and super fresh seafood this is the place to […]

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Chinese Food, Hong Kong, Travel Theme

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