Sara Sampaio Quotes

I stayed three weeks in Paris, fell in love with the city, and decided that I was born to live in Paris.

When I was 20, I went to Paris and tried to meet French women. It didn't work.

I got to travel to Japan. I never in my life thought I would go to Japan.

I enjoyed living abroad. I enjoyed the differences as much as anything.

One of my biggest sponsors is based in China, and I probably spend as much time there as I do in the U.K. Over the years, I have really grown to love it, but the first time I went was a different story.

When I first moved to Paris, I worked as an au pair for two girls aged eight and 11.

Going to the U.A.E. for the first time was a real cultural shock. Everything was different. People didn't speak my language, it was all new, a huge change. But I loved it.

Four months filming in a foreign country. You know, it is great because you get to learn all about different cultures. I feel so much more enriched.

I think that one of the main privileges of what I do, which I am just starting to learn, is to have the ability to travel all over the world and experience different cultures.

Every few months, I find myself in Europe or the Middle East.

It was very liberating, living in a foreign country, a place where everything was new and strange - the food, the customs, the climate, everything.

If you can live in Paris, maybe you should.

I remember that the first country I visited was Canada, and then France. After that, I knew that I loved traveling and seeing the world. I feel that I'm so blessed and fortunate to get to visit so many places and see the world.

I took a gap year myself after high school and worked on a farm near Lyon, France. I stayed with the Vallet family, picked and packed fruit, and discovered that red wine can be a breakfast drink. That led to further travel as a university student.

I live in New York and travel all over the world on a regular basis.

I divide my time between Columbia, Maryland, and Lagos, Nigeria.

I'm a big traveler these days. I was in Hong Kong. I live there. I was just in Belgium with my parents and now I'm on my way to North America. You will find me all over.

My idea of a good time abroad is to visit someone's house and hang out, poking into their cupboards if they will let me.

I love Paris - it's one of my favorite cities - and so to shoot a video in Paris was a dream come true.

I've lived in Paris. I've lived in the Slovak Republic. I've spent extensive time in England, and I've traveled all over Europe.

I wanted to do something far from my intellectual and physical home, so I went to live in Beijing for eight months and took Mandarin Chinese.

I'd really like to visit India and South America. I think India will be a great mix of sightseeing and relaxing, and I've got a feeling it will also be good for one's soul and spirit. And I'd love to go backpacking around South America at some point. I did that in Australia when I was younger, and the camaraderie was great fun.

Going to another country you're not in your house, you're with people you've never met before, and I think it's definitely a good growing experience.

The next thing that happened to me was that I, we, were living in Paris where I then grew up.

I'm actually not from the United States. I'm from Uzbekistan.