Travel blogger. Budget backpacker. Digital nomad. Serial expat.
Auxiliares de Conversación / Travel Talk
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published June 9, 2015 · Last modified October 2, 2018
As a former auxiliar de conversación (English teaching assistant) in Spain, I love reading the blogs of and chatting with current auxiliares. Trevor, who is finishing up teaching in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia and previously...
Auxiliares de Conversación / Madrid / Travel Talk
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published May 4, 2015 · Last modified January 18, 2024
It’s that time again: another interview with a fabulous traveler! Nicole of Lost in Wanderland has lived in the two Spanish cities I’ve called home, teaching English as an auxiliar de conversación for a second year...
Collaborations / Giveaways / Other
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published May 1, 2015 · Last modified March 28, 2018
I may have left my heart in Spain, but for a few weeks this year, Spain is coming right to me in Sydney! This year’s Spanish Film Festival is hitting eight cities across Australia,...
Auxiliares de Conversación / Other / Travel Talk
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published February 11, 2015 · Last modified July 19, 2018
I’ve been hoping to launch an traveler interview series for ages now, and it’s finally arrived! In my first edition, I’m talking to a first-year auxiliar de conversación (participating in the same program I...
Auxiliares de Conversación / Favorite Posts / Other
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published February 3, 2015 · Last modified March 10, 2022
I could probably spend hours on end poring over maps, and the fact that Spain is one of my favorite geographical subjects comes as a surprise to nobody. So without further ado, here are...
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published November 29, 2014 · Last modified March 28, 2018
With summer arriving in Sydney, and with an upcoming trip to Fiji planned, beach travel is on my mind! Today, I thought I would revisit Tenerife, which I had a chance to visit right in the...
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published October 2, 2014 · Last modified March 28, 2018
You know that age old question, “Do you live more in the past, present, or future?” I find it tricky to answer, as I do a mix of all three, until I realize just...
Favorite Posts / Madrid / Other
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published September 8, 2014 · Last modified January 18, 2024
I’ll be the first to tell you that nothing compares to the opportunity to live abroad. But anyone who has experienced it knows that it’s not always the fantasy vacation we imagine it to be....
