The email I often find in my inbox goes a little something like this: I’m unhappy/bored/trapped in my current lifestyle. I want to travel the world. How did you do it? How can I do it?
For the sake of efficiency and maybe for everyone else who’s...
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...
Despite growing up in California, I haven't spent much time in Los Angeles proper--and before my latest trip to the West Coast, I don't think I'd ever stepped foot in Downtown LA. In some ways, I was pleasantly surprised: there were palm trees and...
Six years ago, I decided to quit my stable, well-paying, miracle-in-a-recession job to move to France. I bought a domain name, convinced a friend to design a logo, applied my very basic HTML knowledge and decided to start a blog without a very clear...
A certain magic falls over New York City every spring: for a few brief weeks, trees turn all shades of white and pink, sidewalks suddenly bloom with daffodils and tulips, and temperatures climb blissfully into the high 60s with the sun shining. The...
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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.