On Thursday evening, Lauren Sánchez posted a black-and-white photo carousel of her and 11 other women, posing on the rooftop of the Cheval Blanc hotel in Paris. “Forever starts with friendship, surrounded by the women who’ve lifted me up, illuminated my path in dark times, and shaped my heart along the way,” she captioned the snap.

A fter blasting off into space for a few minutes, Lauren Sánchez is conquering the final frontier: the out-of-the-country Bachelorette trip. Which is arguably a lot scarier than

Lauren Sánchez posted a special message as she welcomed a bevy of well-heeled women in Paris to celebrate her looming nuptials to billionaire Jeff Bezos. “Forever starts with friendship,” wrote Sánchez,