Turkey was just about everything I could have asked for in a birthday trip: full of adventures, but also plenty of relaxation. There was the once-in-a-lifetime hot-air balloon ride at sunrise and seeing the most stunning architecture that has stood...
My most memorable meals around the world have rarely been in a restaurant. Instead, I reminisce about sitting down on the ground with a Jordanian family for hummus and upside-down chicken, a picnic of champagne and cheese on the banks of the Seine,...
To be honest: I loved growing up in Elk Grove when I didn't know any better, and then I hated it. As a kid, I had a ton of freedom. I walked across the park to school by myself or with the neighbor kids. I spent my afternoons riding bikes around...
Interesting fact about me: I hate driving, but I love a road trip. I grew up in California--that automobile utopia--and have spent a significant amount of my life in traffic and a hefty amount of money on gas, maintenance and car insurance. One of my...
Every time I go home, I feel a little luckier that I grew up in Sacramento. As a kid, I thought that every "downtown" was built on a grid: I would show up in new cities and be confused that the streets weren't numbered and lettered. I spent my...
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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.