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Hands up for all my wine lovers out there!! 👋 👋 👋
How many of you travel to wine destinations or make wine tourism a part of your travel plans? 🍷 🗺
Growing up in Canadian wine country, (shout out to #bcwines), my love of all things wine started at an early age.

Discovering the wines and stories of the people behind them lends to the fabric of understanding new cultures. I find it so fascinating to see how people have created wines to withstand and flourish in all kind of different climates and terroir!
It’s one of my favourite parts about travel to unlock, open and enjoy 🍷❤️ 👉🗺I am always looking for new wine destinations- please comment below your favourite regions!

🔮 today is a day of reflection for me-I can’t believe how fast life is going and I am trying my damn best to be more present in each moment. But it’s So. Friggen. Hard!⠀
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The older we get the faster the time needle darts ahead of us, over and over again- and with the snap of the fingers another six months disappears ⏰ ⠀
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I arrived to Spain 9 months ago to embark on a new chapter in my life- teaching English to a group of Spanish kids, (totally unrelated to my previous role in wine sales), and I was so scared, nervous, and unsure but I thought: if not now, when?⠀
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I showed up, moved across the world, and did my thang.⠀
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I love Spain, and I am sooo grateful for the generosity of the people here, but more than that coming here was such a powerful reminder that you are as capable of changing your life as you allow yourself to be.⠀
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So, if taking a chance or changing things up is calling to you- answer the damn phone 📲

How do you feel about getting older?⠀
👉I can say one thing’s for sure- I’ve never been more settled in my own skin, and that’s something I appreciate and don’t take for granted.⠀
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BUT as someone who decided to move abroad at 31, and start teaching English part time, sell all my stuff and leave my decent career behind, I can say sometimes I feel a little older than the rest of the crew around me 🌈 ⠀
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🔅I’m starting to notice the lines in photos, and weird chin sag, and my skin is absolutely covered in sun spots.⠀
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And ya, sometimes it really bugs me-I’m not the same fresh faced backpacker I was at 21 travelling the world with no makeup and a dewy glow- but most the time I’m just so much more appreciative of my life and the experiences I get to have because of my age and my insight.💛⠀
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As one of my favourite people said to be growing older is a privilege, and the more time we spend focusing on that positive the less time we will spend freaking out about it.⠀
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I hope whenever you are in your life you appreciate the skin you’re in and how many places it takes you ✌🏻 ⠀
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How many of you are in transition from employee to business owner right now? ✋🏻✋🏾✋🏿⠀
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You’re working towards a new career as an entrepreneur-opening your business, making your side hustle your main hustle, and busting your tail off, wondering it’s all worth it? ⠀
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Lately I’m always humming the 2000’s hit “middle” by Jimmy Eat World.⠀
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I moved to Spain in September and took on a part time gig as an English teach while I focused on opening a business, (check us out @tallpalmmedia #shamlessplug), and while we are starting the ball rolling in the right direction it took way longer than we expected to have enough time to create what we thought we needed for our business. ⠀
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Now that we are here, swinging open doors, beginning our journey as business owners and entrepreneurs, I know it’s going to take time and hard work to build the company we dream of BUT it feels so amazing to finally be taking the action I’ve been dreaming of for years!⠀
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If you need this reminder today-take it. It is ok to take as much time as you need, as feels right- but don’t let your dreams go. Things take time- but don’t take so much time, you loose the desire, and never succeed in taking action. Because without action all you have is thoughts and words.⠀
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In the wise words of Jimmy Eat World...⠀
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“It just takes some time, little girl you’re in the middle, everything, everything, will be just fine, everything, everything will be all right”⠀
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Anyone here have about 200 photos of all types of elegant and bright doors on your phone right now?!⠀
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In my best attempt to be the least intrusive kind of instagramer I quickly snap shots of peoples entranceways I fall in love with and the shots sit on my camera, never seeing the light of the gram/day.⠀
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So for all my fellow door lovers out there- here are some of the vibrant doors of Frigilana, a small white town in Malaga province, over looking the Mediterranean Sea in the south of Spain.⠀
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I think I’m so obsessed with doors because they represent the unknown beyond. There’s something inspiring about just enjoying the idea of what could lie beyond them, without the satisfaction of opening them. ⠀
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Real talk: do you ever feel a bit on the outside of the ‘gram influencer/mega blogger/teenagers who do that crazy tip toe, look away, hair flip pose, (how do they do it? ). 💁🏼‍♀️ 😎 ⠀
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You’re just regular ol you travelling, trying to make interesting content and show off who you are to the inter webs hoping someone out there can relate and finds some value in what you share.
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When I visited the Alhambra, in Granada, Spain, this is more or less how I was feeling. I absolutely loved going there again, taking in the architecture and snapping photos along the way.⠀
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There were pods of people, mostly much younger than me, (sad but true), doing all these different poses and just looking like they totally must have 10-100k followers on the gram, like wowsa, I totally don’t fit into this group.⠀
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I don’t have any judgement, for the record, in fact I find them kind of impressive, BUT my point here is, it’s ok to feel a bit different.⠀
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We don’t all have to look perfect, modelesque and have thousands of followers to bring value or to be relatable.⠀
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I’m standing here flying my regular woman flag saying hey girl, I get it. You’re perfect and I accept you. We don’t all have to put forward the same type of work to have influence. That’s the amazing part of social media, of the internet, having influence comes in having one follower.⠀
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#girlpowertravel

Do you prefer visiting cities or small towns when you travel? 🗺 ⠀
I used to always head for capital cities, dig my toes in, hit up all the major sites, walk until my feet fell off, head off on the next bus to the next city and go all over again. 🚎 ⠀
Now, maybe because I’m older and all those people and crammed sites make me feel a bit overwhelmed, I way prefer hitting up small towns. 🏔 ⠀
Although there are many cities I love in Spain the pueblos, (towns), are where the heart of the country lies. 🇪🇸 ❤️
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Even in pueblos that are more touristic, there’s still a grounded pulse in them that leaves them distinctly Spanish.⠀
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One of my favourites in terms of beauty, views and access to the ocean is Frigilana.⠀
White washed homes, epic Mediterranean views and tiny winding streets. 🌅 🏝 ⠀
Sounds like my kind of party- care to join? 🎉 🎉
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Raise your hand if you’re a sucker for a good viewpoint 🙋🏼‍♀️😎 🌅⠀
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Oftentimes look outs in cities can be extremely overpriced and packed but Sevilla’s Las Setas regulates how many people go up at once and only charges 3€-plus you get a free post card=winning! 🤓
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The view is 360 degrees and the sculpture goes around in a loop so you get tons of different awesome angles of the city below! 🌃 ⠀
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Highly recommend it next time you’re in Sevilla! 🇪🇸

Double tap if food is one of your favourite parts of travel 🌍 🌮🧀🥐⠀
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I think one of the main reasons Anthony Bourdain resonated with such a big audience is his ability to show the connection between food and community.⠀
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When you are in new country the easiest way to find out how people live and how communities operate in a day to day sense is to examine how they break 🥖 ⠀
In Spain dining out numerous times throughout the day is typical- Breakfast, long lunches, cafe solo and dessert in the afternoon, then tapas at night- shows how much of the country’s towns and cities come together to enjoy good food and one another’s company on a daily basis. Even the smallest towns will be buzzing with people out and about most hours of the day, (siesta not included 😴).⠀
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I absolutely love how much people go out to spend time together breaking bread, eating and enjoying company. It’s hard to feel lonely in a country so full of community and so full of life.⠀
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📸 I don’t always selfie but when I do it’s at a UNESCO World Heritage Site like Alhambra.

I’m going to be day dreaming about my visit here for a long while. So much beauty just chilling there like it ain’t no thing. This is the stuff I live for. History, adventure, and cultures combining over hundreds of years to create works of art.
Heck yes for travel! 🌍you will always have my ❤️ ♡
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The face you make when you and the historic sight you’re visiting showed up in the same outfit 🤷‍♀️ Swipe right ➡️➡️➡️ to see more shots from Alhambra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a friggen fantastic way to smash a day in Spain.
Incredible architecture, jaw dropping gardens, and views for days this is a not to be missed site in Europe. 🎫 Just a heads up tickets can book up months in advance so be sure to get yours at least a couple months ahead if you’re planning to visit Alhambra!
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Who likes free tapas?! 🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️
Granada blew me away! It has been over ten years since I last visited Granada city and it did not disappoint. Every single drink you order comes with your own tapa, so as you can imagine I consumed many 🍻 and 🍷 while chewing on croquettes, queso, mini burgers, normal sized burgers, and basically anything else they threw on the table #tightpants.

I would have taken photos of the food but I was too busy shoving it in my face to stop sooooo instead here is the view. Pretty dece, am I right?
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Another day- another flower covered wall 💐 🌸 🌺 🥰
I can’t get enough of these little winding streets covered in colourful flower pots.
This particular street has a court yard with benches for the neighbourhood to come together and enjoy.
When I go by in the mornings I usually catch a group of elderly ladies sipping sherry in the sun, chatting and loving life 👵🏻 👵🏻 🍷
A total inspiration to enjoy the little things every damn day 🍷 💐 ☀️ 🌸
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How often are you a tourist in your own town? 🧐 🗺
The traveller in me always wants to be on the go- weekends away, new towns all the time, ✈️ booked always on the calendar- so I have to remind myself to be in the moment and sometimes that means exploring my own backyard.
We have lived in Lebrija, 🇪🇸 for just over six months, and are still constantly discovering new places.

It’s a small pueblo, in both population and size, yet has so many untouched spots for food, drinks, grammable locations and more!
Next time you’re feeling the itch to get away, take a look around you and find somewhere in your town you’ve never been, and go there.
You’ll thank me later ✌🏻

Happy International Women’s Day!!! I am just absolutely stunned every time I think about how lucky I am to know the kinds of women I am surrounded by ❤️ You lift me up, open my mind, share your love with me and so much more!

Thanks to all the wonderful women out there!
You are loved 💕🌎❤️ 👌🏻
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