After a pain au chocolate and café crème, I spent the morning at the Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris (Bibliothèque Forney did not open until 1:00 PM today). I got back home just in time to drop off my laptop, grab a quick crepe with Nutella, and meet Greg and Lauri at the Saint Paul Metro Station. From there we headed to Pere Lachaise cemetery.
At Pere Lachaise, we pulled out our map and began the search for bodies. We quickly encountered a helpful man, who turned out to be an expert on the cemetery and who is writing a book on some of the people in the cemetery. He was beyond extremely helpful in that he gave us a guided tour of many of the plots we were looking for; Fred Chopin, Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde etc. It was also a fascinating tour of so many of the characters we would never otherwise know about, including the wacky and weird (the wife of an alchololic had his gravestone carved in the shape of a wine bottle, for example).
After Pere Lachaise, we popped into a café for a quick coffee and to warm up. From there, we went to the Arc de Triomphe to walk Avenue des Champs-Elysées. We solved the mystery of the Pirate flag on the top of the Louis Vuitton store; they have an exhibition on Peter Pan in their art gallery. While in the art gallery, we were able to step out onto the balcony for view of the Champs. Awesome.
We walked the length of Avenue des Champs-Elysées stopping at the kiosks, as necessary, for crepes, pretzels or whatever.
At Place de la Concorde, we rode the large temporary Ferris Wheel that mysteriously appeared last week. From there, we took the metro to the Marais District and had dinner and drank wine.
It was yet another bittersweet meal, since sadly tomorrow Greg and Lauri head back home.
Diane and I will wake tomorrow alone again in Paris.
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