Travel blogger. Budget backpacker. Digital nomad. Serial expat.
Flashback to 2008 before I became a true traveler. I had been out of the country several times with my family and had spent a month studying in Granada two years before. The travel bug...
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published December 1, 2015 · Last modified March 28, 2018
Imagine this: it’s been a long week in the corporate world, and I’ve been plugging away at my job, stuck at my desk despite sunny views of the Sydney Harbour Bridge out my window. My mind...
While many Americans celebrate their 21st birthday by getting drunk at a bar for the first time, I was studying abroad in Madrid when I rang in year 21, so what better way to...
Thrilled beyond belief to be heading to Cuba in T-minus 34 days, I’ve been sharing the news with just about everyone I talk to. More often than not, I get the same reaction: “Oh,...
If you’ve heard of the Spanish region La Rioja, it’s likely because of their world-renowned wines, in my opinion some of the best in the world. But it’s also one of Spain’s 17 comunidades autónomas,...
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...
