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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 7 seeven  years now living in Paris. That journey, from mute new expat to (finally!) finally!  quite fluent (or let's use  with impunityuse  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(quite)  a serious mother.   To Prof. André de Palma. Oh! I have already struck without even sending a warning signal. So yes, the first Thank you goes to this distinct, yet very particular, professor for being demanding the way he is and for making me stay in Paris after my Master Program ended up and the adult life began; Next, I send all my gratitude to all the Seventh EU Framework Program SustainCity Project people and Saif in particular, with whom I shared the desk at the E.N.S. Cachan office and without whom playing music at 7 P.M. while taking a break from work would not be fun otherwise.