Travel blogger. Budget backpacker. Digital nomad. Serial expat.
Auxiliares de Conversación / Other
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published April 30, 2012 · Last modified May 9, 2019
Another year, another batch of hopeful auxiliares de conversación/North American Language and Culture Assistants anxiously awaiting their placements. I’ve been there, and, as a renewal, I’m there again. I understand the anxiety, the stress,...
Okay, first of all, I apologize for the overly cheesy title, but it had to be done. Second of all, I’ll point out that it’s been almost five months since my Morocco trip, but...
Easter bunnies versus KKK-like hooded figures? Dyeing eggs versus praising heavy, gold virgins in the streets at 4am? The U.S. and Spain may celebrate the same holiday, with the same historical and religious origin,...
There’s no denying that spring has hit Sevilla. And I think most would agree that springtime is, by far, the most delightful of seasons in Sevilla, the time of year in which this stunning...
Auxiliares de Conversación / Other
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published March 19, 2012 · Last modified March 6, 2015
I haven’t been as faithful to this blog recently as I would like to be, distracted by that thing called real life. I know, who chooses real life over the internet? But things are...
Throughout Catholic countries around the world, it’s Carnival season, which means it’s time to party! Carnival marks the beginning of Lent, the time to get all your partying out before forty days of fasting....
Auxiliares de Conversación / Other
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published February 14, 2012 · Last modified March 6, 2015
Valentine’s Day is all about love, and not just the romantic kind, so I want to wish all of you wonderful people a very happy Valentine’s Day! My life is so full of love,...
Auxiliares de Conversación / Other
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published February 1, 2012 · Last modified March 6, 2015
Though I still have 4.5 months left of this stint in Spain, the ever-present question, of course, is what comes next? And the answer is most likely another year of teaching English in Spain!...
