One of the things I believe most deeply is that you don’t have to travel across the world to have the travel experience that you need and want. So many beautiful places can be found in your own backyard, and it's one of the things I'm most grateful...
When I told people that we were going to Estonia, the most common response was: where?! And to be completely honest, I didn't really know exactly where Estonia was located until I looked a little closer at a map when I was scheduling flights. And the...
Confession: I’ve been to London six times, and I’ve never been to Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge or Westminster Cathedral. Other than my first time in London (a one-night jaunt from Paris with my mom when I was 19, where our main priority was a...
To be honest, I'm not totally sure why we decided to go to Osaka. Although it's the second-largest city in Japan, it doesn't have the same buzz as Tokyo, charm as Kyoto or the scenic beauty of the small towns along the coast or in the shadow of Mount...
Without a doubt, Nara was one of my favorite "only in Japan" experiences. Nara Park is most famed for its herds of tame deer: as soon as you walk out of the main train station and into the park, you're surrounded by more deer than you can count. It...
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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.