A woman travels to Paris alone despite limited French, forced to speak the language for daily tasks. The struggle of navigating an unfamiliar city transforms her confidence, and she now returns to that memory whenever she needs proof she can handle anything.
And I remember once I thought, I want to go to Paris. And we'd never gone abroad. My ex-husband and I had never gone. He never wanted to go on holiday. And I thought, I'm gonna go to Paris. And I only spoke a little bit of French. I understand a lot more French than I can still speak. But when I was over there, I had to speak French because otherwise I wouldn't have been able to do anything. And it was so empowering. And I came back a different person as a result of that trip because I just thought, I can do this. If I can do this in a strange country, well, strange-to-me country and not even have the native language, I can do anything. And even now I go back, if I want a boost of confidence, I go back and think, I did that.
