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The Travels of BBQboy and Spanky

The Travels of BBQboy and Spanky

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    • EUROPE (A to M)
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REVIEWS

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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Need an apartment for a month in Kyoto? Here’s the place to stay

by Frank (bbqboy)

Need an apartment for a month in Kyoto? Anyone familiar with us knows that we are big fans of Airbnb. In fact we spent 315 night in Airbnb apartments in 2016. The one major exception was Kyoto. When …

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Ninja training in Kyoto

by Frank (bbqboy)

Ninja training in Kyoto One of the most mythical figures in Japanese folklore is that of the Ninja. Unlike the Samurai (the warrior class of the military) the ninja was a secretive figure, often hired …

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Going Hello Kitty Crazy at the Keio Plaza Hotel (Tokyo)

by Frank (bbqboy)

Hello Kitty at the Keio Plaza Hotel (Tokyo) I had kept it as a surprise for 2 months. We were at the Premier check in counter of the Keio Plaza Hotel when Lissette spotted a familiar image on the room …

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The Gate Hotel Asakusa: Review

by Frank (bbqboy)

The Gate Hotel Asakusa: Review We don’t usually stay in hotels when we travel. We’re full-time travellers so we usually rent apartments. But Tokyo was different. For one thing, we were on …

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How to see Tokyo with a Free Volunteer Guide

by Frank (bbqboy)

How to see Tokyo with a Free Volunteer Guide Visiting a foreign city can be intimidating, especially one as huge as Tokyo. In our case, Tokyo was the first stop in what would be a 7 week stay In …

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Why Smartwings sucks. And how consumers are getting fleeced by the airlines.

by Frank (bbqboy)

Smartwings review Announcing our next destination: Croatia. We’ll be flying Bangkok – Prague in late March, staying a week in Prague, and from there flying down to Split, Croatia. But this …

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Why OpenTable Sucks

by Frank (bbqboy)

Why OpenTable Sucks May 4th was Lissette’s birthday. A week previous, I had reserved a table at our favorite restaurant through their website which uses the Opentable.com reservation service. At that …

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