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Panorama of the columns at the ruins at Tintern Abbey in Wales

The Ruins of Tintern Abbey in Wales

June 18, 2022by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

On a tour through South Wales in 1792 the great English landscape painter J.M.W. Turner turned out several sketches of the ruins of Tintern Abbey. Having seen Turner’s romantic watercolour […]

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Wales
Protest graffiti: En todo Mexico seguimos siendo Ayotzinapa / In all Mexico we continue to feel Ayotzinapa. The '43' missing students are incorporated into the M and E of MEXICO.

Protests on Old Stone Posts Lining the Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City

May 31, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

New protest graffiti springs up on the old stone posts that line the Paseo de la Reforma (Promenade of Reform) in Mexico City. Mexico, lindo y que herido / Mexico, beautiful and […]

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Mexico
Drombeg Stone Circle in Ireland

A Bronze Age Stone Circle in Drombeg, Ireland

October 13, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 7 Comments

October 9. We spent the day in County Cork driving from Skibbereen around to fishing villages of Baltimore and Union Hall, and then onto Kinsale via the Drombeg Stone Circle and […]

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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 7 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
Ogham writing on stones on the Dingle Peninsula, Ireland

Cosmic Challenge: Written in Stone

March 25, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

I have so many stones with writing on them that I don’t know where to start! Perhaps with two from the north India where Islamic design often features Arabic script. […]

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Beautiful patterns of a flint stone in the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen

Patterns In (and With) Flint Stones

August 11, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 8 Comments

Although we must have flint in Canada I have only ever seen flint beaches in Europe where I couldn’t resist picking up a few as souvenirs. One part of the […]

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Europe, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge
Crab legs at Il Vicolo Restaurant in Galway, Ireland

Galway, Ireland: St Patrick’s Cathedral and Dinner at Il Vicolo

June 2, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

Father Patrick told us that the St. Patrick’s Cathedral of Galway was much more impressive than his ‘hidden 11th century icons’ so that was our next stop. It was beautiful […]

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Ireland
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
A Face inside a Statue in Ribadeo, Spain

WPC: Sculpted Faces from Around the World

May 14, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

Interesting to see how faces are interpreted in statues in different parts of the world. The volcanic stone face of one of the Toltec warriors or ‘Atlantids’ at Tula, Mexico. […]

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Art, Weekly Photo Challenge
Roman Aqueduct in Segovia, Spain

Travel Theme: Roman Arches

November 8, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

Southern Spain has tons of arches but Northern Spain not so much, and the best ones were all Roman. Here are some Roman arches on the aqueduct in Segovia, Spain. For more […]

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Spain, Travel Theme

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