One Last Push

Almost there and we are tired enough to prove it. But isn’t that what vacations are all about? Mentally rested but physically tired?

Caught up in the grips of having to go to reality I decided to add a visit to a place I have been putting off, Le Cimetière du Père Lachaise the largest cemetery in the city of Paris and the resting place of some famous people including Oscar Wilde, Frédéric Chopin, Édith Piaf and of course Jim Morrison. This meant to keep to the other plans for the day I had to be up and moving early arriving shortly after the Cemetery opened. That was actually quite nice, I had the place pretty much to myself although one time when I did see a person I had a “Night of the Living Dead” flashback… Since it was a quick plan I missed a few people I would have like to have seen including Marcel Marceau who I am sure would have had no comment either way. One piece of advise I read on-line that I followed and thought worked out well was that the cemetery is located on a hillside and getting off the Paris Metro at Gambetta versus Père Lachaise means you are walking down hill the whole visit. Worked for me and I saw others who came in from the main entrance huffing it a bit more than I was.

Then it was back to the hotel to gather Kim and Syd and off to the Musée d’Orsay. This is our favorite museum in Paris and has been remodeled since our last visit, now has more space for exhibits so had many new items for us to see. The remodel is great although we thought the glare on some of the larger paintings was worse and detracted from them a little. Alas picture taking is no longer allowed at the museum so you will have to visit…

Time for our last dinner on the road and for this we chose La Rôtisserie d’en Face, a restaurant quite close to our hotel that charmed us when we first dined there one cold (and I mean cold) November years ago. Loved it then, time for a return that we have put off. However… this time it is summer so the place was full of families and loud tourists including a woman with one of the sharpest Southern USA accents I have heard in years. But the service and food is still great, Kim and I were happy looked int to each others eyes as we dined and…. TMI TMI TMI… And yes Syd was with us but we think was quietly and happily contemplating returning home.