One of the best decisions I ever made was choosing to go to Chico State. Tucked away in that tiny college town in Butte County, just an hour and half north of my hometown of Sacramento, I met some of my best friends and learned so much about...
To be honest, I'm not totally sure why we decided to go to Osaka. Although it's the second-largest city in Japan, it doesn't have the same buzz as Tokyo, charm as Kyoto or the scenic beauty of the small towns along the coast or in the shadow of Mount...
One of my pet peeves is when people (ESPECIALLY politicians) send prayers after a mass shooting: truly, any mention of #prayfor[insert tragedy here] infuriates me. Prayers do not bring people back after they've been murdered just by the misfortune of...
Without a doubt, Nara was one of my favorite "only in Japan" experiences. Nara Park is most famed for its herds of tame deer: as soon as you walk out of the main train station and into the park, you're surrounded by more deer than you can count. It...
We've been making lots of house progress this week, which has been very fun to see. The main project: we got rid of the giant concrete circle in the front yard and the concrete RV parking in the backyard, and have replaced it with a mix of artificial...
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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.