A small-town capital, Hobart is a city that shuts down squarely at 5 p.m. The crisp peak of Mount Wellington overlooks the city's sparkling harbour, with the tidy streets of the CBD propped in neat squares and right angles in...
I'll be offline--and sans chargers and my straightener!--this week as I camp across the Australian Outback with Nullarbor Traveller. Learn a bit more about my favorite travel memories while I'm gone, and forgive any delays in responding to comments,...
Sydney often seems too shiny and new to harbor any past secrets. However, a visit to Cockatoo Island is a sunshine-infused reminder of the city's convict and industrial past. And not a bad place to have a beer with a view, either...
A former...
Adelaide, the glorious little capital of South Australia, is constantly overshadowed by its bigger, better counterparts. Sydney with its beaches, Melbourne with its culture, Perth with its sunsets.
But this “big country town” is a bit...
The best part of Maui isn't clear blue skies. It's the clouds.
Wispy or fat, pure white or infused with purple, sun shining through them or rainbow arcing on top of them...during my week in Maui for a family Thanksgiving, I just couldn't get...
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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.