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Looking Back...

Looking back at 2022…and forward to 2023 (a year to make changes…)

by Frank (bbqboy)

Looking back at 2022…and forward to 2023 I always say it: I do these year-end posts as much for ourselves as for readers. This year it’s truer than any other year. Readers might find this one overly …

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Our Best Ever Hotel Experiences

by Frank (bbqboy)

Our Best Ever Hotel Experiences We’ve been to a lot of hotels over the years and most are the typical run-of-the-mill, unmemorable hotels. But a few hotels have stood out as great – or at least …

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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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Thoughts on the freedom of being a nomad…

by Frank (bbqboy)

the freedom of being a nomad We’ve been feeling it lately. The feeling of being “stuck”. Or, as I wrote about a few years back, of having “a noose around my neck”. Sometimes it takes talking to the …

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Looking Back at 2021…and forward to 2022

Looking Back at 2021…and forward to 2022

by Frank (bbqboy)

Looking Back at 2021…and forward to 2022 I always say that I do these year end posts as much for ourselves as I do for readers. It allows me to reflect on the past year and compare what we achieved …

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Our Top “Travel Experiences” over the last 10 years

by Frank (bbqboy)

Our Top “Travel Experiences” over the last 10 years More and more, people travel to places not just for sightseeing but to have ‘a travel experience’. It can be wine tasting, swimming with sharks, …

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How both our mothers inspired us to travel

by Frank (bbqboy)

Lissette and I have (and had) very different mothers. But both have – in very different ways – led to the travelling life we’ve had over the last 7 years.   My mom (Trudi) I inherited the travel …

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Celebrating 10 years of “retirement”

by Frank (bbqboy)

Celebrating 10 years of “retirement” For 20 years I worked for a major Canadian exporter, working my way from being Chief Accountant to Controller to Chief Financial Officer. It was a great job in a …

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Postcards from Around the World

by Frank (bbqboy)

Postcards from Around the World I’ve always collected postcards. When I first started travelling I would buy a postcard everyday. I used them as a diary, using postcards to keep track of where I …

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