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black sand & beach stone from Costa Rica

Confessions of a Pebble Picker-Upper

July 8, 2022by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

I blame my mom. We’d wander along the nearby Qualicum Beach and pick up so many beach pebbles that we were staggering under the load. Then we’d bring them home. […]

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Collections from Around the World, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge
Gardel was the man who first put words to tangos creating a sensation around much of the Americas and Europe. This great tango singer shows up on this decorative painted filete mural in Buenos Aires

Fileteado Porteño, a Style of Painting from Buenos Aires

May 7, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

This decorative painted style, very popular in Buenos Aires, is called ‘Fileteado Porteño’, ‘porteños’ being what the inhabitants of Buenos Aires call themselves. The colourful style, with its painted swirls […]

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Argentina, Art
A mural on the wall of the Boca Juniors 'Futbol' Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Murals from Around the World

July 17, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

Murals are trending in cities around the world right now. Mexico got a head start on murals. I’m fond of their modern-day murals which often contain the magic of the […]

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Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Collections from Around the World
dad and I fixing the house in the summer of 1955

You are your father’s daughter

April 7, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

Oh, it’s such a relief to get away from dad, he just talked my ears off!” My friend looks at me and says, “You are your father’s daughter.” Hmmm…. Anyway, […]

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A Photo a Week Challenge
El Greco painting: View of Toledo

Toledo es El Greco, El Greco es Toledo

March 8, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 8 Comments

The first time I arrived in Toledo, the bus dropped us at the road below the city and we began a long magical trudge upwards through the winding medieval streets […]

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Art, Spain

Ganesha, the Elephant-Headed Boy God in Hinduism

September 19, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

In Bundi, India we were taken to a street of homes featuring altars of Ganesha, the Hindu elephant-headed boy god, above the door. According to a local all homes in […]

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Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, India
At a Bagan Temple I bought a painting of an elephant

One Word Photo Challenge: Elephant Art

February 15, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 5 Comments

Most of the elephant art I’ve encountered has been in Asia where elephants have been part of daily life for eons. A carved elephant at U Bien Temple in Bagan, Myanmar. Painting […]

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Art, Collections from Around the World, One Word Photo Challenge
Putting people into perspective in the Escher Museum in Den Haag, Holland

WPC: Become Part of an Escher Painting in the Museum in Den Haag

February 13, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures 5 Comments

The Escher Museum in Den Haag, Holland has lots of opportunities to turn yourself into an optical illusion. Many of the illusions involve mirrors and tricks of perspective. An Escher […]

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Holland, Weekly Photo Challenge
Rock Formations at Étretat on the Alabaster Coast of France

White Cliffs at Etretat on the Alabaster Coast of France

July 9, 2015by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

The unusual rock formations at Étretat on the Alabaster Coast of France have inspired many artists including Monet. Monet’s painting of this scene, painted early in the morning when the fishing boats were just […]

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Art, France
The Ruins of Chateau Gaillard

The Ruins of Chateau Gaillard in Normandy, France

July 7, 2015by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

Chateau Gaillard, in the province of Normandy, is a ruin with a spectacular view. Despite being the next stop from Monet’s Garden in Giverny, I can’t find any reference of it being painted […]

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