Parisian Necropolis: Cimetere

This walk was going to the famous cemetery of Paris, I was kinda scared to go because I am not a fan of walking through any kind of cemetery but I did enjoy this because it was really beautiful. Some of the cemeteries dated back to 1700 and some were from 2001. The range never ended and we tried to see what the oldest and newest dates were that we could find. There was a sculpture done by Paul-Albert that was really pretty. It took the artist 10 years to complete and it was huge and remarkable. It represented the pass to the other side that men women and children go through.

Then we saw the very large tomb of the infamous lovers Heloise and Abelard. It was big and beautiful. They were two lovers that had many years between them so were seen as very disgraceful. But they still stayed together and were ultimately buried together.

Jim Morrison's grave.

We then made our way to Jim Morrisons grave, it was of course modest and in a tiny place but that didn't stop tons of people trying to see the grave. One lady stood on another persons head stone to get a good picture. We then made our way to Kardec, It was covered with flowers everywhere and their were people paying their respects. He is considered to be the founder of spiritualism. After going through many other monumental graves we came across Oscar Wildes grave and gave a kiss to his tomb to pay our respects.


The wild red lips for Wilde.

Chopin's grave.

We then walked through the cemetary and saw other famous graves along with monumnets dedicated to the holocaust and other events where many people have been lost. Every grave site was different and some we no longer in tact but still all those people were once someones Brother, Mother, Father, Sister and so on. So in the end I am very happy that I went through and saw all them.

One of the Holocaust monuments.

Follow the Money

It all started with some beautiful window shopping in the nicest area of town. I saw the Marc Jacobs handbag store, a beautiful glove store that had really cool window displays, and a Burken bag. Then I made my way to the black and white sculptures done by Daniel Buren. They appear to be random and don't really fitt in but thats what makes them so unique. They also light up at night.
The next stop was the French Library. This was a place that provided many research tools. They would not let us in at the time but we walked the grounds and got to see the building. It was typical french style that was filled with rich History.

Then we headed to the French Stock exchange. It was obviously a business area because everywhere you looked there were men holding brief cases and on their cell phones. We then walked through the glass covered passages that shops throughout. The shops were all really oriental looking. They were also a lot of foreign restaurants that crowded the small streets. There were people every where in these tiny passageways which made it pretty fun and exciting.


French Stock exchange.

The crowded shopping streets.

Marais Walk 2

I did this walk with two of my friends from the States and it was really fun because they were so excited by everything. Now that I live here I forget to enjoy every last bit of it but they brought back the excitement that I had my first month here. The first stop was the synagogue designed by Hector Guimard. It looked like a an open Torah scroll in art Nouveau style, it was really unique and executed perfectly for what Hector wanted.

Rue des Rosiers was a really pretty street that we turned on next and it got its name because Rose bushes used to go along the street. The shops were also really nice to see. They all had great window displays. We then stopped and had some delicious Falafel and one of the Jewish restaurants, it was of course delicious.

Our next stop was Hotel de Soubise, it is one of the most lavish mansions in Paris today. It has some of the best examples of Rococo and it was best depicted in the dinning room. The dinning room was really elaborate. The paint was really cool because when the light hit it it looked blue but when the room started to get dark the color looked green. It also had white decorative trim everywhere and it was super elaborate, but that was about it that really stuck out because it had no relics in the whole museum.

This was outside the museums.

This was the Dining room that I loved. The detail was the elaborate throughout the whole room. Also the room was a circle shape to it was really fun to spin in.

This was the ceiling of one of the Salons.

The next stop was the Musee Cognacq-Jay, it was a simple museum compared to others. It focused on eighteenth-century paintings. The next stop was the Picasso museum but it was closed until 2012. That was really dissapointing but that just means I will have to come back.