One of the holidays that springs to mind as being pretty impactful for me is my solo trip to Paris last year to see Noga Erez at the wonderfully hip La Maroquinerie. She’s one of the most unique artists around at the moment. I’m generally a creature of habit. I love my comforts; the same old coffee shops, parks and routines, so any chance I get to challenge that side of myself always impacts me. The phrase I’ve been using is ‘seeding my brain to predict differently’. So, I stayed in a less touristy part of Paris (20th Arrondissement) and explored new places on my own: the haunting and gorgeous Père Lachaise Cemetery in the rain where true legends from Edith Piaf to Oscar Wilde are buried; the Picasso Museum (more Picassos than you can shake a stick at!); hoarding posh French croissants, biscuits and snacks from the supermarché to eat in my quaint room at the Nadaud Hotel. It was such an epic trip that I took my mum back to repeat the exact same holiday the following year: guess I’m still a creature of habit then.

Rosie Frater-Taylor plays The Old Hairdresser’s, Glasgow, Sunday 30 November.