San Juan is easily one of my favorite winter escapes: this is the third time I’ve gone in four years, mostly because it’s so reliably sunny and warm and easy. I can get my fill of sweet plantains, fish tacos, sunshine and colorful buildings in 36...
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Holy moly St Bart's! This was certainly one of those pinch-me travel experiences: we flew over on an eight-person plane and landed on one of the world's most dangerous (and most photogenic) landings, drank copious amounts of rosé and ate plenty of...
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There are some trips where I have to pinch myself to remember that this crazy travel life isn't a dream: this past weekend in stunning St Bart's was one of them. I headed down to this gorgeous destination in the Caribbean to check out the island's...
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"Ah, but those aren't real islands, with real flavor," my cab driver replied, when he asked where else I'd visited in the region. "Barbados, this is the real Caribbean." I wasn't sure what to expect when I arrived in Barbados, other than sunshine and...
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It's been a while since I took a solo trip--especially to a super romantic island! Even though I would have loved to visit Barbados with David, there was still PLENTY to enjoy on my own: I basically read Gone with the Wind in the sunshine the entire...
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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.