You pass Chopin, Berlioz, Yves Montand and Simone Signoret on the way
from the one to the other. Pretty neat, tho it definitely could use a
cafe. Every decent cemetery should have a cafe.
Don't tell Starbucks.
The tombs of the Rothchilds are in the Montparnasse cemetery, near
where I used to live. Their very plain crypts are marked with a larfe
R, reminiscent of the double R of Rolls Royce.
Check outthis funereal news in the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/30/us/30ashes.html
Mark
At 04:34 PM 3/30/2007, you wrote:
>I guess I would just split myself and gather around both. Never been there
>even if I was twice in Paris but just for a short stay.
>
>On 3/30/07, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>Which in French means "don't gambl;e with tough guys." Always good advice.
>>
>>Last time I was in Pere Lachaise more folks were gathered arounf
>>Apollinaire than Morrison. Something to cheer about.
>>
>>Mark
>>
>>At 03:33 PM 3/30/2007, you wrote:
>> >Sorry, I meant to add that in Paris, where Jim
>> >Morrison is buried, they have a French saying that
>> >translates roughly as "don't put the cart before The
>> >Doors."
>> >
>> >Candice
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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