Pere Lachaise Cemetery

While I do not have a fascination with cemeteries, I am fascinated by old cemeteries and the various tombs and crypts that you can find there.  Pere Lachaise Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Paris and quite a few famous folks have found their final resting place here.  Oscar Wilde, the Irish novelist and playwright; Edith Piaf, the great French singer; Frederic Chopin, the composer; and Jim Morrison, the lead singer of The Doors (for photos of the Lizard King's grave see the post below this one).  When checking out the guide books before we arrived in Paris, one of them said of Pere Lachaise - "a peaceful refuge in the midst of a hectic city."  Well, it certainly was peaceful, and I suppose that if you think this is going to be your final resting place, you can't do much better than Pere Lachaise.  (be prepared, this post has a bunch of photos)

Edith Piaf - French Singer

Oscar Wilde - Irish novelist, playwright and major partier!