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      • MONTREAL, QUEBEC
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EUROPE

Where to stay in Prague (including our favorite neighbourhood)

by Frank (bbqboy)

Where to stay in Prague. I’ve said it many times – Prague is our favorite city in the world. It’s where we started our full-time travels in 2014.  Since then we’ve been back every year, staying …

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What are Czechs like? A Review of the “Xenophobe’s guide to the Czechs”

by Frank (bbqboy)

I always want to know what makes people tick and understand how cultures differ from each other. I know humankind is basically the same, but I always wonder at how it is that, for example, the average …

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The Spomeniks of the ex-Yugoslavia

by Frank (bbqboy)

The Spomeniks of the ex-Yugoslavia This post was contributed by Siobhan McMahon. She and her husband are full-time travellers currently discovering the Balkans. Siobhan is a professional writer so if …

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Prague or Budapest – which to visit?

by Frank (bbqboy)

Updated November 5, 2022. It was time to update this post. I first compared Prague and Budapest in 2015. At that time we had spent a total of 3 months in Prague, a total of 2 months in Budapest. Since …

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Why “Feel good” quotes represent everything that’s wrong with the world.

by Frank (bbqboy)

Feel Good Quotes Originally posted June 2015 Uck. I hate feel good quotes. Hate is a pretty strong word.  I was reminded of how intense my feelings are towards them when we stayed in an Airbnb …

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Castles and Fortresses that you may have never heard of

by Frank (bbqboy)

Over the last 10 years of travel we’ve seen a lot of castles and fortresses. Some are famous, like Germany’s Neushwanstein Castle and Romania’s Bran Castle (both overrated castles in my opinion). But …

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Split or Dubrovnik

Split or Dubrovnik?

by Frank (bbqboy)

Split or Dubrovnik? I had this dilemma many years ago before I knew Croatia. It was 2015 and we wanted to spend a month in Croatia and didn’t know where to base ourselves. We ended up choosing Split …

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THE thing to do in Vis

THE Reason to Visit Vis (Croatia)

by Frank (bbqboy)

Back in 2017 we lived in Croatia. We had a lot of things going on that year between work, moving to Split, and getting residency papers in order. Lissette was burned out and announced that she needed …

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Expat Life: Comparing Spain VS Croatia

Expat Life: Comparing Spain VS Croatia

by Frank (bbqboy)

Back in 2017 -2018 we lived a total of 14 months in Croatia. Right now, as of January 2023, we’ve lived just over 2 years in Spain. I figured it would be a good time to write about our comparative …

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