Travel blogger. Budget backpacker. Digital nomad. Serial expat.
I’ve traveled all over the globe and seen some spectacular cities, but I stand by my assertion that few places in the world compare to San Francisco, California. The spirit of the city has...
Summer is here, Knott’s Berry Farm is fully reopened, and Southern California’s oldest theme park is celebrating 100 years of history! To celebrate Knott’s 100th Anniversary, I’m thrilled to host a giveaway. Enter below,...
For the first time in over a year, it feels like there’s truly a light at the end of this pandemic tunnel. I got my first dose of the vaccine yesterday, case numbers are...
Collaborations / Knott's Berry Farm
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published March 6, 2021 · Last modified April 14, 2021
When I attended Knott’s Berry Farm’s Boysenberry Festival Tasting Preview event on March 5th, 2020, little did I know how drastically the world would change less than a week later. Sadly, the pandemic meant...
In my last post, I talked about what a delight Madrid can be in the winter, particularly if you’re looking to escape subzero temperatures. But for those who prefer to “lap” up the winter...
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...
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...
As COVID-19 cases have reached an all-time high here in the U.S., I reiterate what I’ve been saying all year: be safe and stay home! That said, as the first vaccines have begun to...
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’m Kirstie Jeffries, a Californian former expat, digital marketer, and travel addict. I’ve lived in Spain as an auxiliar de conversación (English teaching assistant) and then worked in Australia on a working holiday turned 457 visa, before spending 18 months backpacking around the world! Read more about me here.
