Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise

This cemetery in Eastern Paris is remarkable in its own space. Paris can be full of hustle and bustle, angry parisiens rushing to and from work on the metro, so much purpose and so little time. Two footsteps into this grand old cemetery and you forget all about time, the space is so quiet and grand that your mind drifts away to another era. We typically got lost looking for the great Jim Morrison’s grave, as my ‘amazing race’ map skills left me for a brief moment and we had to double-back to the main map at the gate!! Patricia had a brief moment with Jim, and we both agreed that it would have been great to see his original graffiti covered tombstone. We moved along to visit the great Edith Piaf and Oscar Wilde, two marvels of their generations. It took us the entire week to realise how great and peaceful this cemetery really is within the walls of busy Paris.