Cimeterie de Pere Lachaise

We spent the morning of our last day in Paris at this beautiful, old, huge cemetery. We actually had to purchase a map just so we could navigate our way around the 800,000 tombs. We only saw a fraction of this place, but most of the graves we wanted to see.

The old iron work in this place was absolutely incredible.

Confession: We all knew that he was famous and we've all heard of him, but none of us could actually remember why he was famous. So uncultured, I know. But I googled him and he was actually a French novelist and playwright and considered to be one of the founders of realism in European literature. ...but, I'm sure everyone knew that right? Right.

This place was one big labrynth of small, winding cobblestone pathways. Very easy to get lost, but so cool.

Mi madre.

This couple has one of the best views in the place. They look over this guys grave....

Yes, I have heard of him and yes, I do know why he was famous....no googling required. :)

Some random tomb and proof that I was actually there. I had to remind myself to be in at least some of the photos. In my hand is that insane map we had to follow.

Inside one of the tombs. Most of them had rod iron doors and then when you looked inside there is a little bench with notes, poems, placques and flowers. A lot of them had statues and stained glass as well that were beautiful.

There are so many graves here, that they are literally stacked on top of one another all up the hillside.

Some of the graves had the most beautiful bright green moss I've ever seen growing on them.

I remembered who this guy was as well. He was definitely on our list people we wanted to see. Right under the next grave in this post.

More pathways...

I got us a little lost trying to find this next one, which was also the number one gravesite we wanted to see. I think we were all expecting one that was a bit bigger or more lavish, but once you saw the crowd of American tourists crowded around a graffitied tree and a tiny grave hidden behind a much larger tomb, we knew we had found it.

Jimmy's grave and the graffitied tree in front of it.

More amazing old rod iron. I think took 100 pics of  this stuff.

Sortie.