I've realized that I really hate doing stuff. I can usually handle one "touristy" thing a day: a tour, a museum, a historical site. After that, I'd rather just do a whole lot of nothing--in the best possible way.
I'm starting to learn that...
I believe in libraries and secondhand book stores. I believe that traveling with someone can make or break a relationship. I believe in compromise.
I believe that every person should have a passport, and that they should use it. I believe in...
I have a guilty pleasure to confess. Since arriving back home, I have become obsessed with the Millionaire Matchmaker--the first TV show I've watched regularly in six years. So much so that after a lazy Sunday Bravo marathon on a friend's couch in...
I was supposed to spend New Year's Eve 2010 on the beaches of Honolulu. Then I broke up with my boyfriend a few days before Christmas, endured the nightmare of cancelling an extremely expensive and non-refundable flight, and booked a cheap flight to...
As I recently admitted on #TNI, I actually really like cemeteries. They're incredibly peaceful and serene--and in the case of Woodland Cemetery in Stockholm, Sweden--absolutely beautiful. I spent a morning wandering in this UNESCO World Heritage...
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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.