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It was at the Karlstad University library in the year 2008 when the light bulb moment struck. The Anselin's book on spatial analysis came into my hands and stayed with me until today. The day of completing the last chapter. The day of bringing the thesis to an end.   It never crossed my mind that I'd go live in another country. But as unlikely as it was, once I went, I never looked back. After living and studying in Poland, Sweden,Spain,  and Germany. It was France which conquered my heart. Yet, our love was laborious, demanding, and grueling. Exactly seven years now living in Paris. That journey, from a mute new expat to an eventually quite fluent (or let's use with impunity a word O.K.) French speaker, from knowing nobody to saying Hi! to all the "boulangers" and butchers on my street,   from wolfing down donuts to relishing the French Pâtisserie with a capital letter,  from being airy-fairy to becoming a serious mother.