Aperture: Separate projects without using albums?

Hey there!
My problem is the following:
The Aperture structure I use:
-Folder1 (e.g travelling)
----project (e.g. San Francisco)
-----------Album1 (e.g beach)
-----------Album2 (e.g. museum)
-----------Album3 (e.g. Party)
----project2
-----------Album1
-----------Album2
-----------Album3
-Folder2
This is in principal a good thing, however:
Syncing with my iPhone the app "Photos" shows me tons of incoherent albums. Not very Apple-like.
Moreover I don't think Album is correctly used in this context, it's more something like a workaround.
How do you solve this problem?
Thank you very much.

Concur with Kirby's approach: I use a similar approach as my primary organisational model. 
I think you're using the albums as a substitute for keywords.  In my library, there it would be arranged thus:
Project: 2011 San Francisco Trip
Keywords Used: SanFrancisco, holidays, museum, beach, party, shopping, landscape etc
OR
Folder: 2011 San Francisco Trip
     Project: Guided Tour
     Project: Museum Visit
     for longer visits.  Keywords remain in full use as above.
Having said that, my family holiday for a week to a tropical island was a single project, because the family wanted to see the images in one place. 
How's your keywording?

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