A student exchange programme in Leeds has proved the enduring power of friendship, as four pals reunited in the city that brought them together 35 years ago.
In 1989, Karina Arotsky, 54, from New Jersey, met Patricia Doucet, 56, Richard Preterre, 56, and Frantz Manier, 58, who had travelled to the Yorkshire city from France, as part of the former Erasmus programme run by the University of Leeds.
In 1989, Karina Arotsky, 54, from New Jersey, met Patricia Doucet, 56, Richard Preterre, 56, and Frantz Manier, 58, who had travelled to the Yorkshire city from France, as part of the former Erasmus programme run by the University of Leeds.
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00:00Okay, we met 35 years ago in Leeds. We are French, we are loves, and she is American.
00:08And we came with the Erasmus program, student program, exchange student program.
00:13And we met there together.
00:15And you've kept in touch over these years.
00:17Yes.
00:18How have you managed to do that, 35 years staying friends?
00:21I think...
00:22Where's it going now?
00:23No, I think we're all a part of the story and it's been important for us to be a part of our lives
00:29because we love each other very much.
00:31And big events, little events, we make sure that we are in touch on a regular basis.
00:37And since COVID especially, we make sure that we call each other,
00:41see how everybody's doing and what's new in the family.
00:44And every year we try to get together somewhere around the country to meet up.
00:48And this is the first time we're all back to Leeds,
00:51a place where we all say, we all of us say that it's the best year of our life.