2023: The Travel Year in Review
In all my years of compiling end-of-year travel recaps, I have had a lot of good years. Like 2016, when I visited 29 countries in a single year. Or 2011, when I graduated college...
Travel blogger. Budget backpacker. Digital nomad. Serial expat.
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published January 9, 2024 · Last modified January 18, 2024
In all my years of compiling end-of-year travel recaps, I have had a lot of good years. Like 2016, when I visited 29 countries in a single year. Or 2011, when I graduated college...
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published August 28, 2023 · Last modified January 18, 2024
When I closed my full-time travel chapter in 2017, having lived abroad for years and then backpacked for sixteen months, I thought my long-term travel days were behind me. I knew the grind of...
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published January 3, 2023 · Last modified January 18, 2024
Life may look a little strange during these, ahem, “unprecedented times,” but if there’s one tried and true tradition I can stick with, it’s my annual travel recap. Can you believe I’ve now been...
Annual Travel Recaps / Knott's Berry Farm / Other
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published June 12, 2022 · Last modified January 18, 2024
A year-end recap published in June? That is just wacky. But one of my favorite traditions is my annual travel year in review post: since 2011, I’ve wrapped up each year by looking back...
Giveaways / Knott's Berry Farm
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published December 9, 2021 · Last modified December 11, 2021
The holidays are upon us, and to celebrate the season and spread some cheer, I’m thrilled to announce I’m hosting a new giveaway! And this is a big one, especially for Southern Californians or...
In the immortal words of Rose Nylund, “Miami is nice, so I’ll say it thrice,” or, better yet, “Miami, you’re cuter than an intrauterine.” Fine, I’ll admit that most of my knowledge of Miami,...
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published October 28, 2021 · Last modified October 29, 2021
Oh hello, long lost friends! It’s been a few months since my last post (though if you follow me on Instagram or Twitter, you’ve seen me there), and instead of waiting until I finish...
I’ve traveled all over the globe and seen some spectacular cities, but I stand by my assertion that few places in the world compare to San Francisco, California. The spirit of the city has...