After 30 years caught up with my younger brother Christopher in his adopted city of Nantes.



When we arrived from Manchester he met us at the Kyriard Hotel and we chatted in our room until his friend and colleague Stephan took us to a mutual friend Louisa's apartment for apertifs Lousia lives with her elderly mother Odette in a very old apartment we are told which is over 400 years old.

We then went to a local restaurant for a great meal and chat. Our trip was tempered by the fact that both Vivienne and I have come down with major colds, so much so that I was forced in more ways than one to see a doctor before we caught the train from Nantes to Paris .(Viv had said I should see a doctor in London, Cheshire etc!!!). Now armed with antibiotics etc !!!

Stephan was very kind in organising a doctors appointment for me. And then walking us to the station and even getting us on the train .
Just arrived in Paris lovely Hotel Concorde Montpamasse. Took a trip up to see the view from the top of the Montpamasse Tower