Northern Europe (and more specifically, Scandinavia!) is one of my favorite regions in the world: it's a group of countries that I'm constantly recommending to friends, as well as personally scheming to get back and explore more. I traveled solo...
My most memorable meals around the world have rarely been in a restaurant. Instead, I reminisce about sitting down on the ground with a Jordanian family for hummus and upside-down chicken, a picnic of champagne and cheese on the banks of the Seine,...
The Upper East Side seems like a whole different world from Brooklyn: the sidewalks are clean, the glass is gleaming, the women wear furs without a hint of irony. The air smells more of glamour than garbage, and every building seems to have a storied...
When I was home in California for the holidays, I had a grand time rummaging through old photo albums and high school yearbooks for #throwbackthursday Instagram gold. Nestled among my high school senior will and a shoebox of middle school snapshots...
I talk a lot about places being on my list: those cities, countries and continents that I'm just dying to visit. The places that I've read books about or seen Facebook photos of, the destinations that friends have raved about or other bloggers have...
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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.