Travel blogger. Budget backpacker. Digital nomad. Serial expat.
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by Kirstie Jeffries · Published December 22, 2011 · Last modified March 6, 2015
Weaving your way through seemingly millions of people getting their Christmas shopping on in El Centro Shelves and shelves in every grocery store full of turrones, mazapanes, mantecados, and other Christmas sweets Endless belén...
It’s hard to believe that in 10 days, I will be on my way home to California for the holidays. This first part of the year flew by. I’m incredibly excited to go home,...
Spain is one of the great loves of my life, but I have another deep love as well, the Internet, which I’m planning to make my career once I return to the grand ole...
I couldn’t believe my luck when I ended up loving — and moving into — the first apartment I saw in Sevilla, but a week later, my luck changed. My roommate informed me that...
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by Kirstie Jeffries · Published November 27, 2011 · Last modified March 6, 2015
Por supuesto, Thanksgiving isn’t celebrated in Spain. And I’m okay with that, really. Thanksgiving is nice, but it’s never been one of my favorite holidays. Maybe because I’m not a huge fan of any...
It’s kind of funny titling this post “Madrid Part II” since it’s really part six thousand of hopefully six thousand more, but I’m back to continue recounting my recent visit to Madrid (see the...
This Sunday, Spain goes to the polls to elect their new national leaders. All 350 seats in the Congreso de los Diputados (similar to our House of Representatives) and 208 of 264 Senate seats...
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by Kirstie Jeffries · Published November 17, 2011 · Last modified July 26, 2020
When you’re only working 12 hours a week, even when you have a super long commute, well, you have plenty of free time. Between traveling, going out with friends, watching way too much illegally-downloaded...
