Travel blogger. Backpacker. Digital nomad. Serial expat.
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...
It wasn’t long ago I was bouncing around the world, seeing new cities and meeting new people every few days. These days, I’m mostly flitting between the three rooms of my apartment. And while...
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 think about the countries I’m most eager to return to once it’s safe to travel again, Japan is near the top of my list. I spent a wonderful week there in 2016,...
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.
