« Rendez-vous » is how the French would spell it, but the Americans spell it Rendezvous. Without the hyphen. It is possible that English speaking people do not understand the significance of the hyphen in French. Or French in general.

Citroëns at the Springs Motel in Saratoga Springs, New York, on the 16th, the day before the main event.

Well, that is not entirely true. These Americans (and several non-US citizens) certainly appreciated and understood French cars, because over 100 French cars showed up in Northern New York, in the town of Saratoga Springs.

Citroën Rendezvous is an annual event in the Northeast of the United States, strategically placed in the middle between New York City, Montréal and Boston. It has taken place for 41 years now, with 2017 being the 41st event.

Citroëns on the field at the main event in Ballston Lake near Saratoga Springs.

It was quite a showing. I must admit I have never attended a proper car show before. My only experience with car meets have been work shop meets, and not proper car show.

My Xantia was also on display at the show. My car participated in the category "GS/GSA, XM/C6 & H-van", because they have never had a Xantia, and the category basically worked as their "Other Citroën" category.

My Xantia Activa V6 making its appearance at the show.

I met a lot of people at the show. It was quite pleasant to meet so many people with a similar interest in Citroëns, and they were all very pleasant.

I did not win in my category. The category was won by George Dyke's - of Citroënvie, the largest Citroën club in North America - GS. And while slightly disappointed, it was a pretty great GS.

However, I did win a different award: Long distance. Apparently, I am the first to attend Citroën Rendezvous from outside the North American continent, while bringing a Citroën they had not seen before. They have never seen a Xantia, much less an Activa V6, over here before. And some had never seen a Xantia at all before.

My award.

I must admit I quite overwhelmed by the award. In a sense, I had no competition for this award, but it still meant a lot to me, that they awarded it and the recognition I got. I have met quite a bunch of incredible people, and some of them I intend to meet again on the West Coast when I get there.

Driving is indeed believing. Just imagine if they had known what an Activa V6 was like.

And tomorrow, there is more: The drive from Saratoga Auto Museum to Cambridge, New York and back again.

Update: I later found out that others had attended the show from outside the continent while bringing a car, but only in cars with which they were already familiar.