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Reviewing Iberia Airlines

Reviewing Iberia Airlines

by Frank (bbqboy)

Reviewing Iberia Airlines Iberia is the Spanish flag carrier. Funny enough, through all my years of travel I’ve never flown Iberia until just a few months ago when I flew them Malaga – Madrid – Mexico …

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Incredible Plane views from across the World

by Frank (bbqboy)

Views from a Plane Window (the “Back to Spain” edition). October 2, 2020 Regular readers know how much I love plane views. I think the greatest thing about flying are the views over the …

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Nostalgia for the Jumbo...and the end of plane spotting?

Nostalgia for the Jumbo…and the end of plane spotting?

by Frank (bbqboy)

Nostalgia for the Jumbo…and the end of plane spotting? A wave of nostalgia hit me this week when I heard that British Airways was immediately retiring its fleet of Boeing 747s. BA has the …

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Our worst ever Train experiences

by Frank (bbqboy)

Our worst ever Train experiences Readers know that we’re big fans of train travel. Done right, it’s the best way to see the world. We’ve had a lot of great train trips but, as often is the case, it’s …

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Taking the famous Bar to Belgrade train. Is it worth it?

by Frank (bbqboy)

Taking the famous Bar to Belgrade train The train between Bar (Montenegro) and Belgrade (Serbia) is one of Europe’s great train routes. Stretching 476 km, most of the 11 hour journey is spent …

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Airline Review of Air Baltic. Flying Lviv – Riga – Prague

by Frank (bbqboy)

Air Baltic Review When searching for flight options from Lviv to Prague Air Baltic came up as the most efficient and cheapest route. Word of warning though: there’s a lot of fine print and chances are …

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Yerevan to Kyiv to Lviv. A Review of Ukrainian Airlines

by Frank (bbqboy)

A Review of Ukrainian Airlines “Don’t fly Ukrainian Airlines” our Czech journalist friend warned us, “it’s not a safe airline, everyone on board was drunk and it was like a party in the air. It’s not …

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Why riding El Chepe through Copper Canyon is just mind-blowingly amazing

by Frank (bbqboy)

Why riding El Chepe through Copper Canyon is amazing I used to have a co-worker called Pat. He drove me crazy. I worked with him for 20 years and when I quit/was fired one of the best things that came …

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Tbilisi to Yerevan by train. Is it worth doing?

by Frank (bbqboy)

How to get from Tblisi to Yerevan by train? We made the journey recently, buying tickets for a 1st class carriage (“1st class. How fancy!” you say? As you’ll see, it really isn’t). This …

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