Global Debauchery

So, yeah. I'm still filtering through Portugal photos... on Saint Patrick's Day. 😆 BUT, 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆? It's true. 💚⁣ ⁣ 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗦𝘁. 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝘆'𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂...⁣ ⁣ 🍀 Saint Patrick WASN'T Irish. 👉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ❌🇮🇪⁣ 🍀 Four-leaf clovers are NOT shamrocks. 🍀👉 ❌☘⁣ 🍀 There are NO female leprechauns. 🌈💰 👉🙅‍♀️⁣ 🍀 Saint Patrick's color was actually light BLUE. 👉💙 ❌💚⁣ 🍀 Saint Patrick's Day was once a DRY holiday. 👉👼 ❌🍺⁣ ⁣ 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗳𝘂𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆? 𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 '𝗲𝗺! 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗷𝗶𝘀? ⁣ ⁣ 📸: One of the absolute coolest things about Portugal? The tile. Tile, tile, everywhere. And it's beautiful. Like this "en-tile" hallway at Tomar's Convent of Christ, a World UNESCO Heritage site. (I'll be here all day, folks.) 🤣

SO. I [obviously] have a BUNCH of favorite travel resources and apps. But before I reveal all, I want to hear what YOURS are. 💕 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗼𝗻𝗲—𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗘—𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘀, 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗪. 📱 Can't wait to hear what everyone lists!⁣ ⁣ 📸: This little nugget—𝗔𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗮 𝗕𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻—is tucked away in the Belém neighborhood of Lisbon. Now, Belém is on the outskirts of downtown, and a lot of folks go there to explore the riverfront. 🌊 But you won't find Ajuda there EITHER. It's about a mile walk up the hill from the Jeronimos Monastery. 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝗯𝗼𝗻! 🇵🇹

Good night, good night, El Paso! 👋 Parting is such sweet sorrow. You were absolutely incredible, friend. ❤️ But I’ve gotta get this travel show on the road. Meep, meep! 🚗 Up next ➡️ New Mexico!!! Stay tuned, y’all! P.S. That “❌” in the distance on the third photo is the “X” from “M-E-X-I-C-O” that’s spelled across the border. Cute, right? 😉 What’s today’s amazing offering, you ask? 💎 How about FREE tickets to next week’s @sheswanderful women’s virtual travel conference?!? 🤗 There’s a FREE beginner blogging bootcamp 👩🏻‍💻 AND a ton of FREE keynotes 🗣—launching a business during a pandemic, influencing & travel agents, ethics of travel during Covid, and engaging with politics on social platforms. It’s gonna be awesome!!! 👉 Get your FREE tix in my bio link!!! (...Did I mention they’re FREE?) 💸

📣 It's official: I'm declaring ALL Tuesdays Global Debauchery TRAVEL TIP TUESDAYS. 📣 That means, in addition to the already awesome, jam-packed info I provide every other day of the week, you can ALWAYS count on me to give the best of the best travel tips... on Tuesdays. ❤️ So, what's in store for today? Well, I touched on this a bit in yesterday's post, but I'm gonna go all in on it today. Want to REALLY get to know City XYZ? Head for their arts district. 🎨 Mural hunting is the new, trendy travel thing to do, of course, but you can discover SO much more than those lone angel wings on the side of Cafe Yadda Yadda for The Gram. Do better. And dive in. 🤸‍♂️ ✴️ You can find entire art walks outlined on a lot of city visitor's bureaus sites. 💻 Not only will they lead you past the more obscure artworks a city offers, they offer you a tour of downtown overall. It's free entertainment and a great educational opportunity. ✴️ Google travel blogs. 🌎 Lots of bloggers specialize in specific cities, know ALL the mural locations, and—as a new friend pointed out yesterday—they'll also tell you all the little details you wish you'd known beforehand. ✴️ Grab ahold of those once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. 🤗 There's an entire Picasso exhibit happening in Nashville right now, an immersive Van Gogh exhibit in Cleveland, and a new Yayoi Kusama in New York. These exhibits usually only stay in one place for a few months, and they may or may not make their way to your neck of the woods otherwise. 👉 Do you have any artsy tips to add? What's happening in the art world in your city right now? What've been some of your favorite art cities around the world?

Happy Monday, y’all! 🤗 What kinda trouble did everyone get into this weekend?!? 😈😇 Tell me EVERYTHING!!! For anyone visiting El Paso, might I recommend a little weekend hiking in Franklin Mountains State Park? 🥾 It’s the largest urban park in the United States, offers crazy views of the city, has some rock climbing opps 🧗🏻‍♀️, AND Aztec caves with petroglyphs. I mean... ✋🎤. The highest point of the park is over 7,000 ft, while park HQ sits at just over 5k. ...In Texas. 🤷🏻‍♀️ What more could you ask for from a state park, seriously? What’s your all-time favorite state park?👇

I’m thinking... It feels like a Global Debauchery TRAVEL TIPS kinda day!!! 🤗 One of my fav days. I LOVE digging deep and seeking authenticity in any given place I travel, going beyond your standard tourist stops. ❤️ And people ALWAYS ask me how I find the places I find. So here are a few of my TOP TIPS on tracking down some TRUE travel experiences:🔎 🔸 One of my favorite NEW tips? Dig into local coffee shops. I fell in love with @elpasocoffeebox,☕️ a renovated train car with an outdoor deck and mural on one side. And they had some super different craft coffee drinks, too—like horchata lattes and charcoal frappes! 🔸 Track down arts districts. 🎨 They're almost always in some sort of "up-and-coming" neighborhood, covered in murals, and there's a TON of small business shopping to be done here. 🔸 Discover the weird and the wonderful. 👽 One of my favorite sites to peruse is @atlasobscura. THIS is where you'll find some REAL off-the-beaten-path things to do! And create some whacky memories. 🔸 Visit the local food market. 🍎 Better yet (and assuming you aren't vegetarian), visit the local meat market. 🥩 Try all the samples and chat up the vendors. 🔸 Do ONE thing that SCARES you. Figure out what the big local adventure activity is and DO IT. 😱 Shark cage diving on the North Shore? Okay. Tour the DMZ from Seoul? Sure. That abandoned railway tunnel in Paris? Absolutely. What are some of your tips for traveling DEEPER? Tell me everything!👇