If you want the best view of Cape Town: you go up to Table Mountain! On a clear day--which is not always guaranteed, since low-hanging clouds often cancel out any visibility from the top--the plateau on top of Table Mountain affords epic views of the...
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...
Out of all the places we went in South Africa, I don't think any singular place gave me more joy than the Bo-Kaap neighborhood in Cape Town. As soon as I got out of the car and saw all the blue skies and array of colorful houses, I was practically...
I don't even know where to start about my trip to South Africa. It already feels like it was a dream! The lead-up to the trip all happened so quickly, and although the trip itself was 13 long, packed days: it feels like it passed in the blink of an...
"To look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory."
When I reread A Tree Grows in Brooklyn last year—one of my favorite books, and one that I could read...
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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.