This is the story of my life so far: 68 years and counting.
Prequel: A Brief History of my Family in France

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We bought an apartment in "Brest même"

As I had some savings from our three years overseas in Halifax, and we were going to stay in Brest where I had been posted on the Jean de Vienne, we decided to buy an apartment. My thinking was that buying real estate was a good way to save money. Well, as we will see later, not quite.

We found one in the part of Brest called "Brest même" (Brest proper) on the left bank of the Penfeld river. This is the original city of Brest. The other part, on the right bank, called Recouvrance, was incorporated to the city of Brest in 1667 by Louis XIV.

We got a mortgage without a problem.

The address was 5 Place Nicolas Appert.

source: Google Maps

I had to find out who Nicolas Appert was: he was the "Father of Canning". See my post about Nicolas Appert.

It was an old building, but in a rather good shape.

Our apartment was on the top floor, that is 4 level above ground.
As there were no elevator, we had to carry everything through the stairs. But we were young and strong.

There were a small entrance, a small kitchen, a living-dining room, two bedrooms, one bathroom and one toilet.

We did not really need two bedrooms just for ourselves, but we intended to have children soon.

We stayed for 3 years in this apartment.

For the first two years, I was the CGO of the Corvette Jean de Vienne.

Continue to Part 71

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