As a somewhat Halloween-y activity, I went to Père Lachaise Cemetery yesterday with some of my friends. It is unlike any cemetery I've ever been to. Everything is so jam-packed together and all of monuments are huge and fancy.
Many famous people are buried there, so we set off to find the ones that interested us the most.
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| Molière, the playwright. |
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| Édith Piaf, the singer. |
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| Balzac, the author. |
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| Jim Morrison from the Doors. |
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| Disappointment: Oscar Wilde is currently undergoing restorations. |
In all, it was a very interesting adventure. It is a very cool place to explore. Later in the evening, we ended up taking part in a pub quiz at a bar somewhere near Notre Dame. Amazingly enough, we didn't come in last! Our team, Les étrangères anglophones (the English-speaking foreigners), came in second-last. Thank God for the music category and the fact that I could recognize 'La Grange' by ZZ Top, although kudos for that should go to my parents for raising me in a classic rock-loving household. They would've been as shocked and appalled as I was that some of my friends don't know who the Doors are.
2 comments:
Nice shots. Seriously though, as much as you resist, you need to include yourself in some of your photos ... and your friends, too. We all want to see your smiling face. :) --> Mom
:)-indeed we do--<
what a picturesque cemetery not your average garden variety of patrons either, too many things to wonder so i'll just look on in amazement.
Thank you!
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