I may be in Australia now, but France will always have a piece of my heart.
My first taste of international travel was a trip to Paris and Provence with my mom when I was 11. I spent a summer in Provence when I was 16, a summer in Paris when I...
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 was recently nominated to take part in the Seven Links Project--and decided it would be a fun chance to look back at a few of my favorite posts.
The goal of the Seven Links Project is to unite bloggers in a joint endeavor to share lessons...
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...
It may have been my dirty little travel secret, but now it's out in the open that I prefer being an expat to being a traveler. I like being a regular. I like sleeping in my own bed. I like having a steady paycheck. It's not exactly glamorous--when...
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About Me
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.