Last day in Paris - what to do??? Not enough time for Versailles
(this goes on the list for next time) and we can't really manage the
Louvre again (or more specifically the people in the Louvre).
La
voila! Notre Dame and Cemetiere du Pere Lachaise. Why not start with
the Gothic view of God and end with Jim Morrison's grave? A certain
symmetry in that. Needless to say, Notre Dame is still magnificent - the
rose windows in the transept are just breathtaking.
Oddly
though, the greatest passion of the day was at the cemetary. It was
amazing to watch multiple generations of people visit the grave of a man
who lived for only 27 years and departed this mortal plane 41 years
ago. The youngest visitor while we there was about 2 years of age and
we were not the oldest to walk to the site -- by a long shot. Quite
astonishing. People with their iPods on, sitting and listening to his
music, humming along and swaying to the rhythms. It was almost like you
could hear the song they were playing by watching their bodies move.
People have taken to writing notes of thanks on the couple of trees near
the grave site -- many were beautiful and touching. There was even art
work involved with some of the messages.
This was of course
followed by our last full meal at the Cafe' Sarah Bernhard. Croque
madames or steak and pommes frites. Either way it worked.
