Looking for a bit of sun yesterday evening in Palais Royal Garden prior to an evening of piano jazz at the Moliere Restaurant--courtesy of a new acquaintance Richard Rivault. We had met him and his girlfriend last week in the flower gardens in Vincennes and he had invited us to come. We had a great evening and got home late for us--almost midnight.
Up early and up the Eiffel. Early to avoid the crowds and long ticket lines.
Then we spent the afternoon doing the Pere Lachaise Cemetery Tour. The mandatory photo next to Jim Morrison's grave. Note that it is minus the bust it used to have. Stolen long ago. Also the security guard it usually has was missing. But the crowds were light.
Gratuitous picture of cemetery cat.
The oldest residents of the cemetery Heloise (1101-1164) and Abelard (1079-1142) had a very sad love story. Her uncle the powerful canon of Notre-Dame had Abelard castrated by thugs when he found out about their secret marriage. Abelard went to live in a monastery and Heloise in a convent, but they remained true to each other through their lifelong correspondence and were buried together.
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