Épinal

You see, he had traveled to Eretz Yisrael.

And on the way coming back from Eretz Yisrael to America, he decided that he's going to stop for Shabbos in a town called Epinal in France.

And the reason he was going to stop there, because he had relatives there, and there are many Sephardic Yemenite Jews in Epinal.

Now, Sunday, that day, on May 23rd, 2004, he comes to the airport.

Now, because he was going through security, well, they looked him over.

I've gotta say, the player I am the most pleased for of everyone in this France squad, Rennes striker, Esteban Lepaul.

Three years ago, Esteban Lepaul was playing for Épinal, I think it is, in the, in the Championship Nationale, the third tier of French football.

And he got picked up after a good season with them for Angers.

He got them, helped get them promoted, um, in the, his first season there, then had a brilliant season, you know, for them.

I don't quite know where this place is.

I think it's called Epinal.

Once again, I'm sure I'm just butchering it tragically.

So, turns out that everybody except for the good doctor, Dr. Schweitzer, had a little bit of a screw-up with this trip.

So I missed my last stop.

But fortunately, the good doctor knows this place very, very well.

And he is going to be picking me up in Epinal, I believe.

It's E-P-I-N-A-L.