The best part of Maui isn't clear blue skies. It's the clouds.
Wispy or fat, pure white or infused with purple, sun shining through them or rainbow arcing on top of them...during my week in Maui for a family Thanksgiving, I just couldn't get...
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...
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...
Right now, I'm lucky enough to be playing tourist and pretending to be a resident of Nice, France. The French Riviera is undoubtably a huge tourist destination, and I'm very grateful to have the opportunity to explore.
However, before moving here,...
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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.