This week-end, I was in Lorraine (in the East of France where, oddly enough, I never went before). I was invited by an old friend of mine… Such an old friend in fact that we’ve been knowing each other for all of our lives! I was born on the 1st of May 1978 and he was born on the 4th in the same hospital. We almost grew up together because our parents were close friends and were very close until we were 20 or so. At this point studies brought us on different paths but we still kept in touch and last Saturday I was invited to his wedding.

I don’t want to get overly emotional because that’s not the point of this blog but I was very touched and extremely happy to be there. I met again all his family including his Sister who used to play with us when we were kids and whom I didn’t talk to in 10 years or so. His parents were very nice as usual and treated us like family (my parents and sister were also there). It’s one of these sweet and so rare feeling of finding something again untouched ages after you left it. The bounds were still there and I was feeling just as well with them as were I was 4 and Tanguy and I were learning how to bike together.

Of course, time went by and I also realized how far I am from Tanguy’s life now. Actually, I never even met the bride before the wedding! But she, and all her family were really nice and welcoming. I got to meet many colleagues and friends of Tangy and it was a funny for me to catch up with some of the things he did over the last decade.

I don’t really know what to add but, in all honesty, although I’m not usually a big fan of weddings, I can’t thank you both enough for inviting me. I wish you the best of course and I had greetings also to Lena, Gerard and Marie-Pierre because it’s just been too long since the last time we met, to Sam for contacting me about the “wedding surprise”, to Davy so that he doesn’t freak out again because I forgot him and to everyone!

PS: If can understand French and you’re curious about the “wedding surprise”, just have a look at this video (careful, it’s 27Mo and not compressed) http://www.volguen.com/divers/Tanguy.AVI