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March Monthly Challenge — Let's Show Some Green

This month, everything revolves around the color green

Celebrating public holidays, specific festivals and other national events around the world are a very unique way to dive into the culture of a foreign society.

Some festivals come with a splash of colors, some remove them from your memory. And one specific day this month is being recognized by one single color.

St. Patrick’s Day

The Irish celebrate the arrival of Christianity in the country on the 17th of March but today it is more than just that. It’s a day to highlight the Irish heritage and culture. And it is celebrated around the world.

While it mostly had gone past me growing up in Germany, I’ve celebrated the first and only St. Patrick’s Day so far in Africa. It was during my time living in Namibia and I remember the bar we were in was hosting the Irish festival. I was told I should wear something green and to my own surprise, I did have a green dress in the cupboard. I was the highlight of the party as there was nobody else dressed up in green as much as I was and that is pretty much everything I remember from that night.

I still don’t know much about Ireland and the Irish culture but being a Globetrotter I’m always interested in learning about foreign cultures and countries, keeping it open for me to get the real deal when I travel to Ireland one day.

Taking this day as a reason to learn more about the Irish culture, I’m inviting you to share your stories from traveling to the country of the green color.

I’d love to hear some stories you have about St. Patrick’s Day or your day in the green lands. That is at least what I expect from Ireland. To be green.

But enough said. Here at Globetrotters, we’re calling out for your stories. Tell us more about your connection with the color green.

Let’s share some green

Please send us your drafts. We’re looking for some personal narratives inspired by the unique stories of your life abroad.

Have you been to Ireland? What did you do or see over there? Or did you even celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in its birth country? Did you celebrate the green day somewhere else in the world?

It doesn’t need to be about St. Patrick’s Day (but can, of course). You can talk about green landscapes, houses, a boat with green paint you traveled in, or whatever else. Maybe you swam in a green lake?

We want to hear about when and where the color green stood out and what you felt, heard and saw out there.

Be creative.

Pull us in with your compelling narrative.

If you need some ideas, here we go:

My Ultimate Experience in the Land of Green

My Trip to Ireland — An Experience Like no Other

I Have Celebrated St. Patrick’s Day in xxx

The Most Fascinating Green I’ve Ever Seen

The Lush Green Meadow Was Pleasant on the Eye

This is How I Experienced St. Patrick’s Day

Green — My Favorite Color When Buying Clothes on Holiday

I Didn’t Know I’d Fall in Love With This Green City

A Very Different Green

I Never Understood Why Green was so Popular Until …

A requirement for the monthly challenge submissions is to tag 2 articles that either inspired you to go to this place, has quality content about the same country you’re talking about or maybe it’s just a travel piece you really enjoyed reading.

You can use the search function to review our publication and look for articles about your destination. It’s easy and a great way to show appreciation to other writers out here.

We’re looking forward to your submissions. As always, at the end of the month, the editors of Globetrotters will announce their winners. While we also submit our entries, we do not participate in the competition.

Please remember to follow our guidelines when submitting an article:

• The maximum article length must be 10 minutes.
• Always credit your images. We only accept your own photographs in the challenge submissions. Please review our image policy if unsure.
• Write your article in the form title-subtitle-title image.
• Please add the tag “monthly challenge”.
• Make sure that travel is still a focus of your story.
• List 2 articles and tag the writers who created them
• The challenge will run from March 1st until March 30th. We reserve the last day of the month to post the results from the challenge.
• For more clarification on submissions, visit the Globetrotters submission guidelines.

We, the team of editors at Globetrotters (JoAnn, Adrienne, Jillian, Michele & Anne) want to thank each of you for contributing to our publication. You’ve sent so many fascinating articles on past challenges and we can’t wait for the next ones.

Thank you.

Adrienne Beaumont has kicked off the challenge with the first prompt submission. She’s written about her travels to Ireland. Check it out if you need some inspiration or ideas:

Read here the final post of our previous monthly challenge. We asked you to share your stories about terrains around the world. In this article, the editors announce their personal winners: