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June 2013

The guide to hipster Reykjavik

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June 28, 2013
I'm never sure if I love or hate the term "hipster." Living in the Lower East Side, I'm just a river away from the ultimate hipster enclave of Williamsburg: I love the incredible cafe and bar scene, the funky fashion and the quirky ways that people...
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Postcard from HARPA

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June 27, 2013
While the architecture in Reykjavik is charming, colorful, functional--it's not exactly cutting-edge. The one exception is HARPA. Finished in 2011, it was originally part of a redevelopment effort that was abandoned when the financial crisis...
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The best of Iceland, via Instagram

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June 24, 2013
Here is the transcript of the conversation we had about 27 (or more) times a day on our road trip around Iceland: "Wow. Just, wow," said Aly. "Oh my god ICELAND IS SO BEAUTIFUL," I said. I didn't even realize that I had captioned three...
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Petra: Jordan’s most famous tourist site I knew nothing about

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June 21, 2013
Confession: if you mentioned the word "Petra" to me before I went to Jordan, I would have looked at you blankly. I don't remember learning about it in history class, I've never really seen it mentioned on bucket lists or guidebooks, and it's been...
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Postcard from the Dead Sea

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June 20, 2013
Out of all the places on the itinerary in Jordan, the Dead Sea was the one about which I was most excited. It's no secret that I love beaches, and the Dead Sea seemed the ultimate beach experience: water in which you can never sink, clay that can...
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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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