I honestly get a little overwhelmed when I need to find a place to stay in a brand-new city: especially when the city is a world-class capital, and sprawling, and has almost twice the population of New York City. Istanbul not only has a ton of...
One of the reasons why I blog is simply to have the space to write: getting things “on paper” helps me to process my feelings and organize my thoughts. I also love having a record of my life over the past few years: a place that holds all of my...
The only thing I wanted to do on my birthday this year: soak up some sunshine and go for a swim. To be fair, that's pretty much what I want to do on my birthday EVERY year. Even though we were in the gorgeous cosmopolitan city of Istanbul, I...
One of my oldest friends sent me a postcard the other day. I've sent her postcards from around the world, but this was the first time I'd ever received something in return: she cheekily wrote to save it, because it was the first and likely the last...
Goreme is the little tourist hub in the region of Cappadocia: the tiny town only boasts about 3,000 residents, and a local estimated that about 95% work in tourism. For quite a little town, there's a lot to do: stunning hot-air balloon rides at...
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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.