This story took place when I was 23, a couple of months after I had moved to Toulouse, France for a job after graduating from university. I had been working pretty hard – but still having lots of fun – and decided to take a few days..."

When I was 19, I did a semester studying abroad in Annecy, France. I had a boyfriend back home in the US, but frankly we weren’t a good fit and I wanted to break up, which we did eventually after my first month there. It was my first time in..."