Sunday afternoon in Montparnasse with an old friend

12 June 2022.

Sunday was a very low-key day for us. The weather was lovely but we stayed close to home, catching up on our blog notes. 

We had originally planned to join our friend Val and her family for a celebration of their son's first communion at their home here in Paris, but we had to cancel our participation due to Covid. Fortunately, we were able to catch up with Val later today for an outside cafe visit. Although we missed seeing her two children and husband Hubert, it was good to meet up again after some four years. 

(For those of you who have come to the blog late, Susie and Val met when they were both in the Basic course at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris in 2006. Read more.)

So, Val texted Susie and we arranged to meet at the Edgar Quinet metro stop in Montparnasse. Exiting the metro we were immediately confronted by the Tour Montparnasse just a short distance away.

Although it was Sunday afternoon we were pleasantly shocked at how many folks were out and about in this part of the Montparnasse neighborhood. There was a large artisan festival underway in the middle of the boulevard which stretched down as far as the cemetery so that certainly accounted for some of the crowds.

 

Anyway, the three of us found a place to sit and chat and so we did.  While you couldn't be there with us, you can still catch a glimpse of people watching. . .

After saying goodbye to Val Susie and I returned to the metro and home.