My name and my blog and my life have been intertwined for the last five years, which is really just a fraction of my life--but in 2015, it can seem like nothing existed before there was Google and Facebook there to confirm it.
When you Google my...
One of my greatest travel skills is being able to sleep on planes—and not just on planes, but on RED-EYES. The fact that I’m able to squeeze in at least a few hours of shut-eye when on long-haul flights from the USA to Europe/Middle East/Asia or even...
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...
In many ways I consider myself a latecomer when it comes to many technology: I'm always hesitant to purchase a new gadget or join another social network or even add another app, because I feel like my lifestyle and my inbox and my storage space are...
My background and beliefs when it comes to health are a weird mix of holistic and traditional Western, a balanced hybrid of yoga, acupuncture, meditation and eating healthy with a well-stocked medicine cabinet.
Staying healthy is a...
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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.