In 2016, during my last year of studies in Geopolitics and World History, I decided that I wanted to study abroad, meet new people, and experience a new culture. My best friend, who I had known for 10 years, and his girlfriend decided to go abroad with me, although they both studied Political Science. After looking everywhere in Europe and Japan, we decided on Toulouse, France, mainly because my friend and his girlfriend had taken French all throughout college and were ready to try to use it. We wanted to spend the entire year abroad, so we stayed from September 2016-July 2017.
During our winter break, we wanted to travel somewhere a little different, so we went snowboarding in Andorra (I had heard from several people that it’s one of the best locations for skiing/snowboarding). We loved the country and the people, and the snowboarding was unbelievable. On out 4th night, we decided to hang out at the hotel bar. Immediately upon walking in, I catch the eye of a group of girls, as the catch my eye. For some reason, they will not quit staring at me, and this goes on for 2 hours. Eventually, the bartender gives me a drink, saying that it’s from that table, while pointing at the group of girls. They raise their glasses and I raise mine, then after finishing my drink, send them a round. Finally, one of them comes over to the bar and asks me to join her and her friends at their booth.