I’ve been in love with France ever since my first trip to Bordeaux in 2010. Friends I had met back in Thailand showed me around the area and introduced me to French culture. It was my first time in France and I loved the food, the wine, and the people. But that love became an obsession when, after Bordeaux, I stepped out of the Paris metro and onto the Champs Élysées. The lights, the energy, the mystique! There was magic in the air. I felt like I had known the city my entire life and I was simply returning home. Since then, Paris has had a firm grip on my heart . Over the years, I spent countless visits exploring France and Paris in particular. I’ve run tours in the city and I spent a few months living there in 2019 . Last August, after yet another sojourn, I thought to myself, “What if I moved back?” I was growing a bit tired of the NYC dating scene, the rising cost of living, and felt like creatively, I was in a rut.…