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The Travels of BBQboy and Spanky

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Canada

The best Green Alleys on the Plateau Mont-Royal (2020)

The best Green Alleys on the Plateau Mont-Royal

by Frank (bbqboy)

The best Green Alleys on the Plateau Mont-Royal Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal neighborhood is the most densely populated borough in Canada, with over a 100,000 people living in an 8.1 square kilometre …

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Top Places to Visit in the Province of Quebec

Top Places to Visit in the Province of Quebec

by Frank (bbqboy)

Top Places to Visit in the Province of Quebec We’ve lived half of our lives in Quebec. Quebec is best known for historic Quebec City (a UNESCO site) and cosmopolitan Montreal, but what really makes …

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The Ultimate Guide to Canada

by Frank (bbqboy)

The Ultimate Guide to Canada. The mistake most travellers make when visiting Canada is to underestimate its size – this is a huge country, the 2nd largest in the world. So any itinerary that, for …

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A Guide on What to See and Do in Montreal (written by a local)

by Frank (bbqboy)

A Guide on What to See and Do in Montreal. I’m always blogging about exotic foreign places and it hit me that I’ve never posted photos or written anything about the city where I lived for 25 years. …

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BBQboy’s Walking tour of Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal

by Frank (bbqboy)

BBQboy’s Walking tour of Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal Every guide to Montreal recommends a visit to the Plateau Mont-Royal. But I’ve yet to see anything detailed on what you should …

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Our experience shipping belongings from Canada to Europe. Europack VS AGS, costs, and dealing with Croatian duties and taxes.

by Frank (bbqboy)

Our experience shipping belongings from Canada to Europe When we decided to make Split (Croatia) our temporary home earlier this summer one of our priorities was liquidating our assets in Montreal. …

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Being Back ‘home’ in Montreal after a year of Travel. Observations and reflections.

by Frank (bbqboy)

Being Back ‘home’ in Montreal after a year of Travel We came back to Montreal after a year of travel with a lot of conflicting feelings. There was stress. For the last year Lissette has been working …

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Travel Insurance for Canadian Travellers – sifting the facts from the BS

by Frank (bbqboy)

Travel Insurance for Canadian Travellers I knew little about Travel Insurance a few months ago. We had always been covered through a comprehensive policy through work which covered any trips with a …

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Last call, Montreal. Announcing Big Changes to the blog

by Frank (bbqboy)

Announcing Big Changes to the blog June 21, 2014. I’ve lived in Montreal for the last 30 years, Lissette (ie. Spanky) the last 22. This city has been great to me; I came here for university studies at …

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