April, 2011 - C'est Christine

As American as apple pie

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April 15, 2011

It's pretty easy to blend in as an American in Australia. There isn't much culture shock, and it doesn't really feel like I'm half-the-world away from home. After I went on a hunt to find a pie tin to make an apple pie from scratch and got hit...

Postcard from Hosier Lane

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April 13, 2011

There are a lot of comparisons between Melbourne and Sydney, but one of my favorites is that Sydney is the hot girl while Melbourne is the one with a great personality. While Sydney has a striking harbour and gorgeous beaches--you know, that sort of...

The perfect public transportation system

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April 7, 2011

One of my most un-American (even more so, un-Californian) tendencies is how much I love public transportation. I was stoked to buy my first car at 16 (I’d been saving virtually all my Christmas and birthday money since I was 12), but the initial joy...

Postcard from Santa Cruz

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April 6, 2011

Whenever friends from home ask me about my life in St Kilda, I describe it as a beachy and laid-back suburb right outside of ultra-cool and urban Melbourne--like a Santa Cruz that's a 20-minute tram ride from the center of the city, to put it in...

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Christine Amorose Merrill

C'est Christine is my little slice of the internet to talk travel, lifestyle and twenty- and thirty-something struggles. After stints living in France, Australia and NYC and lots of (often solo!) travel around the world, I currently live in San Diego with my husband, daughter and two pugs.

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