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Some months ago I wrote about our going to a 3-day trip to see NIN’s concert there. We visited a few things there. The weather was wonderful so we could have a long walk through the world-famous Pere Lachaise cemetery, where Jim Morrison was buried. I took a few pictures of that day… here they are…

 

First thing one has to see in Paris, I suppose, is the Eiffel Tower, especially because it wasn’t very far from our youth hostel. That’s the view we had while eating our sandwiches… I regret that Paris couldn’t afford to paint their buses another colour than the traditional Londonian red! Red buses for my beloved London, and nowhere else!

 

 

 

 

Le Grand Palais, where we saw an exposition on Egypt on the last day of our trip...

 

 

 

 

 

The same day, for dinner, we went to eat a delicious Couscous in a nice Algerian place not far from Place Pigalle and Le Moulin Rouge… That’s one of the best couscous place I’ve ever been to!

 

 

 

The day after, we went to The Pere Lachaise Cemetary and had a long walk there as it was sunny and not cold at all. There are very old tombs and many of them are quite particular, genuine and even spooky sometimes!

 

 

 

 

 

 

This one  I found spooky… there was only a small space to look into it, that’s why I used my camera to see what was inside… the view of that abandoned dusty child-angel appalled me …The burial dates were rather old too… It made me feel strange to think that no one has visited that place for a long time, maybe decades… it makes the place feel quite desolate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actually, this cemetery really looks like a Necropolis… I don’t know how to explain this strange impression I have when I have the opportunity to visit it… It is as if those older tombs formed a real city.. and in a way, they give life back to those who have been buried here.

 

 

  Chopin's Grave.......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I found this frame funny, as it stood empty in such a place… so we had to find a way to enliven it a little!

 

 

 
 

 Oscar Wilde's grave...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

That’s all for now Folks!!! I hope you’ll take time to have a look at those pictures, and that you’ll like them!

 
   

 


 
 
doriangray on
Re: A peaceful walk through the cemetary (Our Trip to Paris... February 2007)
Beautiful. I may be going to Paris next October. I want to see Disneyland there. Went to the one in Cali not too long ago.
darkpandora on
Re: A peaceful walk through the cemetary (Our Trip to Paris... February 2007)
I hope you'll stay long enough to get  to visit the main places too!

 

... And don't forget to say hello to tigger, he's my favourite!

doriangray on
Re: A peaceful walk through the cemetary (Our Trip to Paris... February 2007)
Of course. I have always dreamed of seeing Morrison's and Wilde's grave. Very big fan of both.
darkpandora on
Re: A peaceful walk through the cemetary (Our Trip to Paris... February 2007)

I'm not a fan of Morrison, but i have seen his grave several times... It's not very impressive at all but there is always somebody around when you are looking for it.. Actually, if i remember well, i think that it's guarded now because fans have damaged the place and even other people's graves.(i don't understand how it is possible to lack respect to the dead!)

I am not sure he is still buried there... his body was supposed to be transfered to California, if i remember well... I don't know if it has been done or not.

doriangray on
Re: A peaceful walk through the cemetary (Our Trip to Paris... February 2007)
It wasn't tranferred. Paris said he was too big of a tourist attraction so they decided to keep him there and just put a guard there to keep from vandalizing it.
darkpandora on
Re: A peaceful walk through the cemetary (Our Trip to Paris... February 2007)
I wonder if he would have preferred being buried in Paris or California...

Thanks for the info!

doriangray on
Re: A peaceful walk through the cemetary (Our Trip to Paris... February 2007)
Anytime. Of course there is still a lot of mystery surrounding his death. I did a report on him in High School. Some people even saw him after he had supposedly died. The only person to have seen his body was his girlfriend at the time. By the time the manager and band members got there, they found a sealed coffin and a death certificate signed by a doctor that nobody could find.  
darkpandora on
Re: A peaceful walk through the cemetary (Our Trip to Paris... February 2007)
Oh yes! I remeber that story! There was a program, some time ago, on those strange events!

 

I like mysteries, thay make you feel like anything is possible!


 
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