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Travel and Tourism

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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Avoiding Europe in the summer…and other places to go instead.

by Frank (bbqboy)

Avoiding Europe in the summer and where to go instead We’ve seen way too many tourists this summer. Europe always has a lot of tourists, there’s a reason it is most people’s favorite continent …

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Our Kyoto meltdowns. Are we all just photo-clicking monkeys? What’s travel about?

by Frank (bbqboy)

What’s travel about? On my last post I listed the “Must See” highlights in Kyoto. Kyoto has a lot to see as far as temples and gardens and we appreciated the architecture and natural …

Read moreOur Kyoto meltdowns. Are we all just photo-clicking monkeys? What’s travel about?

Does the Romance of Travel still exist?

by Frank (bbqboy)

Does the Romance of Travel still exist? It’s the trip I’ll never forget. I was 21 years old, a university student in Montreal. My mother worked and lived in Lusaka, Zambia. That year she invited me to …

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Group Tours vs Independent Travel. The Pros and Cons… and some thoughts.

by Frank (bbqboy)

Group Tours vs Independent Travel. Before our recent trip to Georgia and Armenia we’d always travelled independently. In Georgia and Armenia we tried something new: taking part in an 8 day intensive …

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Anytime, Anywhere, Anyplace. Proof that Sleeping is my Superpower

by Frank (bbqboy)

Proof that Sleeping is my Superpower When I was young I’d be very self-conscious about falling asleep in public. I think we all worry about looking stupid when we’re young. Not anymore. I’ve always …

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Things that seem weird when you go to Europe

by Frank (bbqboy)

Things that seem weird when you go to Europe When we left Canada to travel full-time 4 years ago we didn’t think that most of our travels would be in Europe. It’s a continent we’ve fallen in love …

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Tourism…and when the locals hate you

by Frank (bbqboy)

Tourism and when the locals hate you. We were at our local pizzeria in Split, talking to our favorite waitress. She always has stories of tourists, most told while laughing. She recounted a story of …

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Why you should travel solo

by Frank (bbqboy)

Why you should travel solo I’m in Sarajevo as I write this after spending the last week visiting my mother in Budapest. The plan had been to go back to Split but Lissette had said to me “why don’t you …

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