1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,840 Hey guys, what is going on? 2 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:13,800 My name is Lilly Monroe and Happy New Year! 3 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:14,800 Yay! 4 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:20,880 It's 2024 and in case you're still hungover, it is 2024. 5 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:22,480 So there you go. 6 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:28,000 Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, I hope you guys had really good holidays, you got everything 7 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,280 that you wanted. 8 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:33,080 I sure did. 9 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:39,840 You know, I actually spent it in South Dakota out of all the places, but I will talk about 10 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,520 it in the next episode. 11 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,360 So if you can't tell, I'm a little bit sick. 12 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:53,280 I got sick from my trip to Michigan, but on this episode I will talk about my recent trip 13 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:56,000 to San Antonio, Texas. 14 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,840 I've been wanting to go there for quite a while. 15 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,200 I can't remember why. 16 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:02,200 I cannot remember why. 17 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:07,080 I think I saw some pictures, some pretty pictures on the internet and I was like, ooh, where's 18 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:08,080 that? 19 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:10,840 Ooh, San Antonio, Texas, never heard of this city. 20 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:14,160 So I decided to go there, finally. 21 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:20,000 And the first time I tried to book the flight there, it got canceled because for some reason, 22 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:26,880 if it rains just a little bit near Atlanta Airport, oh, everything is getting delayed 23 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:31,520 because that's just the way Atlanta Airport is. 24 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,040 So yeah, it got delayed. 25 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:35,420 Gotta love Atlanta Airport. 26 00:01:35,420 --> 00:01:37,520 You know, I do like the airport. 27 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:43,000 It's super convenient, super big, lots of restaurants, but it's the employees that kind 28 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:44,200 of bother me. 29 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:49,840 It's just not really good employees, that's all. 30 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:54,040 But anyways, skipping to San Antonio. 31 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:56,560 Nice cute town. 32 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:04,880 You know, after traveling for most of the states in the United States, it's like everything 33 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,520 just looks the same in a bit. 34 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:11,820 So every state and every city has this. 35 00:02:11,820 --> 00:02:17,360 So it has an art museum, it has children's museum, it has some kind of botanical garden, 36 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:25,960 it has a state capital, obviously, it has one of the most popular parks, a lake or a 37 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:35,560 beach, something with water, then it has this stereotypical restaurant or cafe that everybody 38 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:38,960 says you should go to, but it's not worth it. 39 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:47,920 Movie theater, local theater, local comedy club, all of the cities have that in the United 40 00:02:47,920 --> 00:02:54,320 States and I'm just like, damn it, I've been to art museums, I've been to all kinds of 41 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:58,440 botanical gardens and I love them, but they all start looking the same. 42 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:02,320 So it's like, what the fuck am I gonna do in San Antonio? 43 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:07,360 So I obviously do research every time, before every time I go somewhere. 44 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:15,080 So I did visit the Alamo, it's a historical place, really great, can't tell you much about 45 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,760 it, you just have to be there. 46 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:23,280 Just make sure to not park in the $30 parking lot because that's what I did and it was my 47 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:28,520 mistake but it was walking distance, so I'm like, you know what, I'm lazy, it's windy, 48 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:30,680 it's cold, I'm just gonna do it. 49 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:34,240 It's a free museum, you can put a donation if you want. 50 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:41,880 Next one is the San Antonio Mission National Historical Park, which is absolutely gorgeous. 51 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:47,120 It's also free and just go there. 52 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:52,880 It's like, it's something out of the movie, honestly, and I'm pretty sure something was 53 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:58,400 filmed there because I'm like, this looks like the set of a Ghost Rider, second part, 54 00:03:58,400 --> 00:03:59,840 no, was it the first part? 55 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:05,880 I mean, it reminded me like the church in it looked just like the church in Ghost Rider, 56 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:07,120 the first part. 57 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:14,640 So yeah, but yeah, it's called San Antonio Mission National Historical Park. 58 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:20,200 You absolutely have to visit the hidden gem, it's called Japanese Tea Garden. 59 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:26,480 It's also free, which is like, oh, free places, I love free shit, I love free places. 60 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:30,840 And they're keeping it really well, keeping it very nice. 61 00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:35,080 So yeah, Japanese Tea Garden, it's like, it's in the city. 62 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:40,560 And it's like, you go in there and you're just like, oh my god, this is so gorgeous. 63 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:42,600 Yeah. 64 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:47,600 Another thing, Historic Market Square. 65 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:51,660 I don't think I've actually been there. 66 00:04:51,660 --> 00:04:54,560 It's a shopping mall, but go there. 67 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:55,560 It's great. 68 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:57,360 It's really cool in the pictures. 69 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:01,880 The next one is the San Antonio River Walk. 70 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:08,200 A really cool walk, it's among the river, obviously, hence the name. 71 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:13,240 You know, lots of shopping, lots of cute cafes, cute restaurants. 72 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:18,360 I was actually walking there, maybe like 8am, 9am in the morning. 73 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:23,520 I like to take morning walks because that's when the least people are. 74 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:27,480 Nobody's in your way, nobody's talking to you, and I'm just walking. 75 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:32,480 I mean, look, I don't mind when people talk to me, but I don't like crowded places. 76 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:35,040 So there's that. 77 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:38,240 I like to do my main stuff in the mornings. 78 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:40,480 So San Antonio River Walk. 79 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:44,320 Yeah, like I was saying, lots of shopping, lots of restaurants. 80 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:51,000 And when I was walking there, there was some kind of high school Mexican celebration. 81 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:56,640 I took a short video of it, but by the time I showed up, they were like five minutes till 82 00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:57,640 the end. 83 00:05:57,640 --> 00:05:59,040 So I did get to see some music. 84 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,880 I did get to see some dancing. 85 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:02,880 Pretty cool. 86 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:04,280 You never know what you can find in the city. 87 00:06:04,280 --> 00:06:06,640 So yeah, San Antonio River Walk. 88 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:10,240 Make sure you go during good weather. 89 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:14,320 I mean, even if it's rainy weather, it's still fine. 90 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:20,040 But you know, during rainy weather, it's during sunny weather, it looks way better. 91 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,360 Like the area looks happy. 92 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:25,800 The area looks cleaner. 93 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:28,480 So yeah. 94 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:33,200 The other thing is San Fernando Cathedral. 95 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:39,360 I started noticing I'm not very religious, but I do love my cathedrals. 96 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:46,160 I do love my churches because you just never know what you can find. 97 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:51,960 A lot of cathedrals, they look gorgeous, both on the inside and outside. 98 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:58,040 Some churches like Catholic churches, Christian churches, they don't look as entertaining. 99 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:04,760 So cathedrals are like my go to whenever I go to New City. 100 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:06,280 Cathedrals and state capitals. 101 00:07:06,280 --> 00:07:12,720 Like I did not realize how many state capitals are gorgeous on the inside. 102 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:17,320 Like yeah, like on the outside, you might be like, ew, government, ew, state capital. 103 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:23,200 But then I actually went to one of them in somewhere. 104 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:29,720 I cannot remember where, but I went somewhere and it's like it was something. 105 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:34,980 It was just very undescribable, but very breathtaking. 106 00:07:34,980 --> 00:07:37,760 So definitely visit some state capitals. 107 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:49,400 I don't think I had a lot of inquiries from my spicy accountant thing, but oh, I got to 108 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:51,600 see Wonka movie. 109 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:52,640 And you know what? 110 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:57,400 I was not sure about going to it because I grew up with Gene Wilder. 111 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:58,920 Well, I'm sorry. 112 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:05,400 I grew up with Johnny Depp's Willy Wonka. 113 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:10,760 I loved Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka, so I was not sure about Timothee Chalamet because I'm 114 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:16,000 like, well, he's this skinny kid, even though he's like 28 now. 115 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:17,400 So I'm like, okay, good. 116 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:18,400 He's maturing. 117 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,920 Like he's looking like a man instead of a boy. 118 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:25,780 So I wasn't sure because I didn't really see a lot of stuff with him. 119 00:08:25,780 --> 00:08:30,400 But then I watched this movie and it's like, oh my God, it's a musical. 120 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:31,400 It's so cute. 121 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:37,640 And like I recognized a lot of the English actors because well, you know, in England, 122 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:40,600 apparently they don't have a lot of actors. 123 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:46,760 So they use whoever they can, which is probably why I should move to England because, you 124 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:50,960 know, in the United States, it's like new actor every freaking day. 125 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:53,600 So Wonka was really good. 126 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:56,000 Like it was unexpectedly good. 127 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,080 And I was kind of surprised. 128 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:01,760 I might have cried a little bit at the end because it was very sentimental, but it was 129 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:02,760 beautiful. 130 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:05,400 And yeah, go watch Wonka. 131 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:06,520 Go watch it with your kids. 132 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:10,720 Go watch it with your wife or husband. 133 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:11,720 Go watch it. 134 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:12,720 It's really good. 135 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:16,520 I also remember the cashier that sold me the ticket to Wonka. 136 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:20,740 He looked a lot like Sal Goodman from Better Call Saul. 137 00:09:20,740 --> 00:09:24,400 And I was like, did you know you look like that guy, that actor? 138 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:27,120 And he's like, yeah, people tell it to me all the time. 139 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:28,120 Like, yeah, you do. 140 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:31,680 And that's fucking awesome because he's pretty cool. 141 00:09:31,680 --> 00:09:36,320 So yeah, but yeah, anyways, that was my trip to San Antonio. 142 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:45,560 And yeah, I mean, visited just I would probably give it like maybe two days to take everything 143 00:09:45,560 --> 00:09:50,720 in because there's honestly not much a lot of stuff to do. 144 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:52,360 Six Flags. 145 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:55,180 Do not get a fast pass. 146 00:09:55,180 --> 00:09:56,920 Get a regular pass. 147 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:59,840 Give your money because that's something that I did. 148 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:04,760 And apparently I went in line with everybody else to some of these. 149 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:06,400 So yeah, Six Flags. 150 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:07,400 You can check it out. 151 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:09,640 Like the rides are super fun. 152 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:17,880 But yeah, just just don't buy a fast pass like Lily because that was stupid and I've 153 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:19,640 lost a lot of money for it. 154 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:21,400 But I still have fun. 155 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:26,400 So yeah, if you're into roller coasters or if your kids are or if your wife or girlfriend 156 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,720 or boyfriend are definitely take them to Six Flags. 157 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:30,720 Yeah. 158 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,320 Thank you so much for tuning in today. 159 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:35,840 Thank you for listening to me. 160 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:37,720 You can follow me on Instagram. 161 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:48,200 It's VIP Lower Dash Amy, Lower Dash Amore as in A-M-O-R-E. 162 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:53,600 And you can, you know, tune into my YouTube channel or podcast and listen to the platform 163 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:55,560 near you. 164 00:10:55,560 --> 00:10:57,160 Thank you so much for listening. 165 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:59,000 My name is Lily Monroe. 166 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:26,000 I will talk to you guys next time.