Paying respects at Pere Lachaise

Pere Lachaise is Paris’ most famous cemetery, unless you include the Pantheon, which is probably not the same thing. Renowned for its size, beauty, statuary, pastoral setting, and abundance of famous resting places, Pere Lachaise is worth a visit for the Paris traveler. Just get a map. Here’s a hint: “Avez-vous la plan?”

Naturally, I paid my respects to Baron Haussman, the architect of modern Paris under Napoleon III, Moliere, the incredibly witty playwright of Louis XIV, Oscar Wilde, eminent author, and Jim Morrison, late of the Doors. A moment of silence for the legends of times past.