Travel blogger. Budget backpacker. Digital nomad. Serial expat.
Auxiliares de Conversación / Travel Talk
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published November 19, 2015 · Last modified August 14, 2017
In my Travel Talk series, travelers all over the world have shared their experiences. Today, I feature Danielle from Seoul | Tapperilla, a fellow Californian who has taught English in both Seoul, South Korea...
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published November 17, 2015 · Last modified March 10, 2022
Happy birthday to Venga, Vale, Vamos, a little blog that was born seven years ago today! This blog was born out of my UCLA dorm room in 2008, before I had even been admitted to...
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published November 13, 2015 · Last modified July 15, 2019
Scream, shout, kick me out of the bona fide travelers club, but it’s true: I’ve technically never “backpacked” before. Yes, for as much as I’ve embodied the backpacker lifestyle by living out of cheap hostels and making...
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published November 12, 2015 · Last modified March 28, 2018
Snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef, soaring over the rainforest, and stopping in what is, quite possibly, the most picturesque town I’ve seen in all of Australia. Could Tropical North Queensland be any cooler? You...
Collaborations / Hotel Reviews / Other
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published November 9, 2015 · Last modified March 28, 2018
What is it about the new year that inspires epic travel plans? I recently announced my exciting plans to roll into 2016, and 2015 kicked off just as spectacularly with a four-day layover in the tropical paradise...
When you hear of Pamplona, Spain nine times out of ten, it’s in relation to the San Fermín festival, the Running of the Bulls, popularized by Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises and annual news...
November is already here, believe it or not, which means that NaNoWriMo is under way, and I’m challenging myself to draft a post per day for my NaNoWriMo Travel Blogging Challenge. I look forward to reminiscing...
Auxiliares de Conversación / Travel Talk
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published November 1, 2015 · Last modified August 14, 2017
Today’s Travel Talk star is Kim-Ling of Travel-Ling, a native of Brisbane, Australia who spent last year teaching as an auxiliar de conversación in the small village of Pozoblanco in the Córdoba, Andalucía region. She has...
