The Travels of BBQboy and Spanky
12 surprising places to see that you may never have heard of One of the greatest rewards of travel is being wowed by places that we had previously never heard of. The places you’ll see featured in …
3 Days in Istanbul. Istanbul is an exciting, hectic place full of color and life. We finally made it there earlier this year and spent 7 days. For the sakes of this guide however I’ve compiled the …
What’s a Gulet cruise? No, it’s not a cruise with an all-you-can-eat buffet where you can stuff food down your gullet. A “Gulet” is a traditional two or three-masted sailing vessel from the …
Bad Airbnb experiences. What do you do? And how to avoid them. We’re big fans of Airbnb, having averaged over 300 nights/year in Airbnb apartments over the last 5 years. During that time most of our …
Why Antalya (Turkey) disappointed us I look at the photos in this post and I think “Geez, why were we so unimpressed with Antalya?” I’ll get to that. But first a few images of …
What to see (and what to skip) in Istanbul. Istanbul didn’t disappoint. I had long wanted to come here, if fact we had planned to come to Istanbul several times – each time something was brewing (a …
What to See in Edirne (Turkey). We are really happy to have visited Edirne. Visiting Edirne was a last minute add on meant to break up the trip from Plovdiv to Istanbul. It isn’t the easiest place to …
Getting from Plovdiv to Edirne (and on to Istanbul). It’s only 180 km (112 miles) between Plovdiv (Bulgaria) and Edirne (Turkey) but getting between them sure is complicated. There are 2 ways …
Why we’re cancelling our travel plans to Turkey September 2015. A few months ago we planned the first leg of our 2nd year of travel. We would start in Budapest (Hungary) where we would stay a couple …
