Travel blogger. Budget backpacker. Digital nomad. Serial expat.
According to Madrid’s 2019 tourism report, a mere 6.6% of surveyed travelers cited winter as the best time of year to visit Madrid. But if you choose to go against the grain and see...
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published January 31, 2021 · Last modified January 18, 2024
Each year for the past nine years, I’ve published a “Travel Year in Review” post with month-by-month recaps of that year’s top adventures. While some years were considerably more eventful than others, I’ve always...
It was hard not to feel like I was on top of the world when I woke up in rural Bolivia on November 8th, 2016—and not just because I was 14,000+ feet above sea...
I vowed in a recent post to start writing the posts that I want to write instead of the posts I feel I should write. So where better to start than one of the...
When I started this blog nearly twelve years ago, it was out of pure passion: passion for building websites, for learning my way around WordPress, and for sharing my excitement as my junior year...
A lot has happened since I started this post. There seems to be no end in sight for the coronavirus pandemic, at least in the U.S. And now the unjustified murder of George Floyd...
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published January 30, 2020 · Last modified January 18, 2024
“Happy New Year!” I proclaim, blowing an imaginary noisemaker, throwing invisible confetti, and conveniently ignoring the fact that I’m a month late in posting my end-of-year roundup. Forgive me for my unseemly procrastination, but...
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published August 13, 2019 · Last modified March 10, 2022
Two years ago, a return to the real world lay on the horizon, and I knew I couldn’t finish my round-the-world backpacking adventure without one last hurrah. And where better to do that than...
