But Wait… There's More!

The Tour didn't take me from France straight away. We still had one more event to attend…

A mini bus and train ride took us back to Paris, where we settled into a nice little hotel to rest and freshen up ready for one last event in France: a party at the office of Bragelonne, my French publisher, for myself and Peter Brett. I was amazed to find they have an event space, complete with bar. A generous buffet was laid out.

After signing a few books and having a tour of the office, guest started arriving. I mingled with the crowd, meeting some awesome people. When it came time to eat, I sat at the table with the grinning fans and towers of my books:

The Table of Book Towers

After a quick dinner I launched into signing, and had a lot of fun talking and joking with readers.

Yael, Benjamin and Gaelle

I was supposed to work my way down the tables, but abandoned that eventually because a lovely queue of eager readers kept forming.

At the end we took photos. First the fans:

At the end of the night we posed for photos.

Then the Bragelonne staff:

And then after a last drink and chat, we headed back to the hotel. The next day Paul and I explored some local shops and the Fragonard Museum of Perfume.

After that we headed for the final country of The Tour: Gemany. A few days to rest in Cologne, and then a busy schedule of events over five days.