The Travels of BBQboy and Spanky
How Pula’s Amphitheatre stacks up against other Roman arenas If you research the most famous Roman Arenas in the world you’ll usually find these four on the top of most lists: The Colosseum in …
Forget everything you’ve read because Rome is Incredible I had read so many negative things online about Rome that I honestly had an aversion to visiting the city. People will tell you that it is a …
A day in Venice (and on the joys of skipping the sights) We’ve been to magical Venice before, lining up to see the main attractions and doing all the other tourist highlights. There’s some …
The Best of Bologna (Italy) Some people (including Spanky) will shoot me for saying this – but I was actually more impressed with Bologna than I was with Verona. It might not have as many points of …
Highlights of Verona When we told people that we were going to Verona we had a few ask us if we were going to visit Juliet’s House. For those who don’t know (as we didn’t) …
How we saved money using Padua (Padova) as a base in the Veneto region Being full-time travellers who travel slowly (usually staying somewhere a month at a time), we’re often trying to juggle visiting …
Photos showing why we keep falling in love with Prague This was our 3rd time in Prague. The first time we spent 3 months here. Last year we came back and spent a week. This time we came back for a …
Würzburg and why Germany is the most civilized place on earth I don’t think we’ve seen as many astounding highlights in one small city as we’ve seen in Würzburg. Over the course of …
Is Bratislava worth a day trip from Vienna? I’m always seeing the above question on internet forums. I had searched the question myself, wondering if it was really worth doing the 1-hr trip from …
