Paris - Not just a Stop-Over

Summer of 1969 - During a flight back home from Israel we had a brief stop-over in Paris.  It was Chai (the 18th of) Elul - an auspicious day in Chabad - Birthday of the Baal Shem Tov and the First Lubavitcher Rebbe.  Somehow some my father ended up making a "farbrengen" (Chasidic gathering) there.  My father did not know French but he spoke in Hebrew and between them, somehow everyone understood each other.  I remember hearing many years later from someone who was there (unfortunately I can't recall who said it) that it was a memorable and meaningful "farbrengen".