Tour of Pere Lachaise
Maybe the best cemetery in the world
(although I have been to few of them)
Departing from the Metro:
There is a McDonald’s, which I don’t avoid
A Post Office
A Bank Branch
While in the Neighborhood:
And a Found a Bakery Down a Side Street with a formidable Pan d’Epice (Spice Bread)
On the street to the cemetery, I sometimes buy flowers to leave on graves
Abelard and Heloise (The Ancient Lovers)
Enter on the Uphill Side
and theoretically walk down to the lower entry
Bring a Map (the app is frustrating)
Parisians
Gertrude Stein (“Alice Tobias” on the backside)
Frédéric Chopin (Polish Composer)
Musicians and Composers
Maria Callas
Rossini
Jim Morrison (Rock Star)
Edith Piaf (Singer)
Hausman
Louvre Artists
Movies
Recording Artists
Artists
Serate
Baron Antoine-Jean GROS (Division 25)
Gericaut (Raft of the Medusa)
(Modigliani across the street and up the hill)
Performers
Sarah Bernhardt
Marcel Marceau (Mime Artist)
Marcel is the only individual at Pere LaChaise that I’ve seen-in-person
(At the Chicago Opera House)
Writers
Marcel Proust
Oscar Wilde (Author)
Paris for the Holidays 