Travel blogger. Budget backpacker. Digital nomad. Serial expat.
If you’re looking for warm weather, delicious wine, good food, and an escape from everyday life, Southern Europe has plenty to offer. But for something truly unique, Portugal’s Madeira Island and its capital Funchal...
Collaborations / Other / Wine Tasting Around the World
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published April 3, 2019 · Last modified January 28, 2021
Think of wine, and images of sipping champagne in France or enjoying a chianti under the Tuscan sun spring to mind. With Italy, France, and Spain alone producing almost 14 million metric tons of...
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published January 3, 2013 · Last modified January 18, 2024
I’ve been extremely fortunate in my 23 (almost 24, gasp!) years of life to travel all over the world. With 2012 at an end, it’s time again to reflect on this past year and...
As last school year was winding to an end, I joined DiscoverSevilla for my second trip to lovely Lagos in southern Portugal. I was charmed by the region last October and was anxious to...
Right before Thanksgiving, I was thrilled to have my dad pay me a visit in Spain. Though he only had three days here (days that I had work), we managed to squeeze in quite...
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published January 13, 2012 · Last modified January 18, 2024
All right, so maybe it’s a little passé to do a 2011 in review post when we’re almost two weeks into 2012, but who said I was hip anyway? 2011 was a fantastic year,...
There seems to be a trend of my first trip out of Spain being to Portugal. That is, you know, if it happening twice makes it a trend. Two years ago, my trip to...
Imported from La Vida Madrileña
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published October 1, 2009 · Last modified January 21, 2024
Hello! If I don’t hurry up and write about my trips soon, I’ll forget all the details, so here goes. If you’d like to follow along with my photos, check out my Facebook album...
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