Paris do's & dont's

[Mikael Hansson]

Thanks guys, great suggestions!

We'll do two days in Paris and two days on Disneyland and yes Peter, it's bloody expensive. I could have gotten a week in Greece for myself just for the Disneyland tickets :-)

/Micke

On 2 aug 2012, at 20:23, Peter Korsten wrote:

> Op 2-8-2012 1:25, Gert van Santen schreef:
> 
>> Op 2-8-2012 1:20, K9 Kai Niggemann schreef:
>>>> 
>>>> Do: visit the beautiful graveyard pere lachaise.
> 
> I did consider that, but (a) it's huge and (b) I'm not sure how appropriate it is for children. But you see some quite extraordinary things there.
> 
>> Plus: bring booze and ciggies and drink with the hippies on Jim
>> Morrisson's grave.
> 
> Forget it. Apart from the fact that it's hemmed in between other graves (see attachment) and you couldn't really get to before, nowadays they've fenced it off because of people having sex there and things like that.
> 
>> Not that I ever did that.
> 
> I should bloody hope not. And you would have a really big problem getting there, what with being a big guy and all. :)
> 
>> Come to think of it; that might be my next trip when/if I ever go to
>> Paris again :-)
> 
> Apart from Mr Morrison, you'll find a lot of musicians buried there. There's Edith Piaf, of course, and Michel Petrucciani, who's buried right next to none other than Frédéric Chopin (who has a grave to die for, complete with a mourning female figure and a *lot* of flowers). Elsewhere, you'll find Georges Bizet and Gioacchino Rossini, whose graves aren't nearly as glamorous as that of Chopin.
> 
> It's quite an extraordinary place. It's really a necropolis, with streets, hills, and a riot of different styles. Take, for example, the grave of Lien-Yang Tien, who lived from 1920 to 1981. I've attached the photo, because a picture says more than a thousand words. Look at the black stone, the gold inlays, the image of the dragon and the red-eyed gargoyles. I have no idea who this man was, but his grave is something to behold.
> 
> Or Amadeo Modigliani, the Italian artist, who died at age 35, and who's buried with his partner, who (at nine months pregnant) killed herself two days later. The grave says "compagna devota fino all estremo sacrifizio". It's a custom to put little stones on their grave.
> 
> But apart from many famous people, there are many not-quite-so-famous people buried (like Mr Lien-Yang Tien). And it's not like the famous people are all buried in the same place: everybody is all over the place, and you can see extravagant graves, but have no idea who lies there, or see the rather mundane grave of somebody like Morrison.
> 
> So yes, do visit it if you have the chance, and if you think it's a good idea to take your children there.
> 
> - Peter
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