I walk that fine line between “outdoors person” and “city girl.” Really, I’m neither of the two: born and raised in the suburbs, I’m most at home in a car, in a strip mall, in a parking lot, in a cookie-cutter house with a pool in the...
My rules for living in Melbourne: never leave the house without sunglasses, an umbrella and a copy of Cheap Eats.
The weather in the Victoria capital is notoriously fickle, with sunny skies turning stormy and vice versa in an instant. And...
I can't quite past the mental block of seasons in the opposite hemisphere. April showers bring May flowers, and June brings barbecues, bikinis and bike riding. In Australia, however, April simply brings a cold snap that doesn't quite go away. I still...
If nothing else, Melbourne will turn you into a coffee snob. I've never been someone who "needs" a coffee in the morning: my mom doesn't drink caffeine, so I've always thought it's more of a mental block than an actual physical need. I did fall prey...
Until I ventured into Collingwood, I never realized that there was a clear river split in Melbourne. Like the Left Bank/Right Bank in Paris, there is a decidedly different vibe once you head to the "other side of the river." It rides that fine line...
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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.