All in all: 2018 was a very good year. I went to three new countries (Slovenia, Japan, Estonia), which fulfills an ongoing annual goal of mine (three new countries, including one birthday in a new country--something I've managed to keep up since...
One of my greatest travel superpowers is being able to sleep well on red-eyes and long-haul flights: it’s a skill that my husband deeply envies, and one of the things that makes it a lot easier to me to travel often.
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Overall, I feel pretty good about how I spent my 20s—although, of course, there are things I wish I had done differently. If nothing else, I am incredibly happy about where I ended up at 30: married to someone who makes me laugh (often...
Real talk: turning 30 has inspired more reflection than many other recent milestones. There's nothing like finding your first (and then many) gray hairs to remind you that not only are you not invincible, but you're actually aging. All of that said:...
In things that I can't quite believe: I've been blogging for eight years! This little blog domain has witnessed life in three countries and travels to 35 more (!), two cross-country and two-around-the-world moves, countless weekend trips and so many...
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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.