Sometimes travel is frustrating: you're out of your comfort zone, you don't understand the language, your train is running late, you're ridiculously tired and all you want is to be curled up in the comfort of home. That, or a really good cry and a...
It hits me when I see a couple playing with a puppy in a park, or when I spot an advertisement for an adorable apartment. I get a tinge when I’m wandering through home design stores and spot an awesome kitchen gadget or gorgeous bed linen. Sometimes...
The U.S. State Department issued a travel alert last week for all U.S. citizens traveling in Europe. As soon as I heard about it, I was shocked--mostly by the giant waste of time and energy by the government and media in issuing and promoting this...
Growing up as an only child, I quickly learned how to amuse myself. But even as I’ve grown older, I’ve always loved my alone time: to get lost in a book, to see whatever movie I want, to just be. No matter whether I’m in a relationship or living with...
There’s just one bit of American-ness that I can’t seem to shake: being a workaholic. Despite living in a country with a 35-hour work week and a minimum of one month of vacation a year, I can’t bring myself to say no to additional work (and money in...
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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.