Fun fact about me: I skipped eighth grade! At the end of my seventh grade year at the local public middle school, one of my teachers told my mom that he thought eighth grade would be a waste of time for me. Looking back on that summer, I remember a...
I started traveling by myself almost on accident: it certainly wasn't any sort of conscious feminist statement, or because I wanted to one day become a "solo female traveler." After I graduated from college, I wanted to backpack around Europe and...
I received an email the other day, and the first sentence was: "You're living my dream life." It was flattering, and yet, a bit jarring: am I even living my own dream life? Because, in all seriousness, the life I imagine in my dreams does not involve...
I've been meditating for about three years now, and it's amazing how tangible the benefits have been--especially when I think about how stressed out I get without it. When I'm regularly meditating, I feel more relaxed and less stressed. I sleep...
It is mind-boggling to me that I’ve been blogging for five years. FIVE YEARS TODAY. I cannot think of one other thing in my life that I’ve done consistently in my life for five years: no relationship, no sport, no hobby, no job has been such a stable...
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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.