I turn 30 tomorrow! After catching up with girlfriends in London and having a solo adventure in Slovenia (my 39th country, with 37 of them visited this past decade), I’m back in Paris (arguably my favorite city in the world) to properly celebrate...
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:...
It's June, which means summer and sunshine and also my annual birthday trip to a new country! So! I'm flying out to New York City tonight, and squeezing in a SLT class and lunch with a friend before taking the red-eye to London tomorrow night. I'm...
Confession: the first time I saw an airboat was on the latest season of The Bachelor (my guiltiest pleasure!). I wasn't quite sure what that silver boat with the giant propeller was, but swampy marshlands did seem a lot more beautiful and worth...
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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.