I travelled up to Paris this week to do some sightseeing with my son Patrick and my grandsons Auden and Rhys who had arrived from Boston.
The Gilets Jaunes had their weekly demonstration on Saturday and the police shut down the centre of the city. This provided us a once in a lifetime opportunity to take photographs standing in the middle of Place De La Concorde at midday, normally impossible because hundreds of vehicles are speeding by in 5 plus lanes of traffic.
On Monday evening Notre Dame Cathedral caught fire and big crowds were there on Tuesday morning, but the police were on hand to help.
Even in your dotage you will always have memories of Paris.
John