Père Lachaise

This week American children probably dressed up as ghosts and goblins and Trick-or-Treated in their neighborhoods, collecting sackfuls of sugar-highs. While this tradition hasn't really made it to France, the tradition of paying respects to the dead on All Saint's Day is very important. Our plan was to visit the Père Lachaise cemetery on this special day, November 1st. However, yesterday brought a torrent of rain and a dark sky. So when Peter headed to class this morning and I saw a beautiful blue sky, I called my friend Emily to head up to the cemetery with me. We were so happy we went. The sky was clear, the leaves on the trees were golden and because of the holiday, most of the gravesites were covered in gorgeous, fresh-cut flowers. This cemetery is famous for being the final resting place to many famous people.

Gertrude Stein's Grave

Jim Morrison's grave

An interesting gravestone

Like an illustration from a children's picture book at Halloween

Frederic Chopin's grave receiving some TLC