This weekend was the first sunny and hot weekend of the year and in Paris there are many lovely places to walk around and enjoy the good weather. This time I chose to take a stroll in the Père Lachaise cemetery. This Parisian cemetery is located in the 20th arrondissement and is considered to be one of the most visited cemeteries in the world. Many famous people are buried there and having been established in 1804 there are old and new tombs intertwined and surrounded by a lush vegetation.
The cemetery is even equipped with street signs so that tourist looking for the final resting place of a famous person (be it Chopin or Jim Morrison) may peacefully find their way. Some burial stones are simple, but some are elaborate and may be rendered more ornate by a family member or by a random person passing by and placing a touch of color in an unassuming place.
Strolling along the tombs of Père Lachaise, the strangest encounter was not groups of tourists or archaic mausoleums, but a rooster walking as if it was in a country garden. Where did it come from? Where was it going? What was it doing in such an unusual place?
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