Conferences are part of a researcher's life. Yet, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there have not been any in-person conferences the past two years really. The PhDs at ASCoR were therefore double excited to finally experience an in-person conference this spring. We all packed our bags, hopped on the Thalys, and travelled to Paris for this year's International Communication Association Conference - short ICA22! We spent in total 7 days together and IT WAS MAGNIFIQUE! We got lost