See the shadow in the background? Before I left for Germany, one of my friends told me, "You gotta go to France." I'm afraid that as much as I pretend, I'm not actually always that adventurous. Deep down I want to go to every country. But, also, I have this thing where I want to only focus on one big thing at a time. Going to Germany was enough. France? Eh. Not this time. It's not really that big of a deal to go to other countries in Europe. It's like crossing state borders—I was told Europe doesn't have border control, except through airports. I didn't even need to show my passport when going to Switzerland which is not a part of Europe an Union. My view of France outside my hotel room Well, it turns out I went to France after all. With my Au Pair parents and their youngest son. I didn't even know we were going until maybe two days before. And I thought we were only going for a weekend, but the day before I found out we'd be g...