But here you go, this is one of my traveling companions at Cimetière du Montparnasse in 2006. Simone de Beauvoir and Jean Paul Sartre are buried next to each other beneath this single marker just inside the gate.
I missed two more days to rain in September, the last two. It was also a weekend and it was very disappointing to lose an entire weekend but there really just wasn't any way. It rained a couple of times on Saturday and the wind blew hard. Sunday it rained all pretty much all day. Today the forecast was for the rain to go away and I suppose we should be happy that it did. However, the promised clearing never occurred, it was still overcast and felt like rain when I got in a ride after work today.FC Nantes burst out to a 0-2 lead by the half at Grenoble tonight and coasted in to a 0-3 victory. Mamadou Bagayoko scored first in the 29th minute and then completed the scoring early in the second half. Nicolas Gousse got the other goal in the 39th minute. FC Nantes returns to first in the table. Next up is Thursday at home against last place Gueugnon. As we all know, my French is rudimentary but I think the game gets an early start, 6:15, and a special reduced admission, 3 euros. By the way, in the big game at Nantes on Friday night, Fiji 38, Wales 34, Fiji advances to the quarterfinals against South Africa, a team I believe is usually referred to as the Springboks. New Zealand (the All Blacks), Australia, England, France, Argentina and Scotland also remain alive as the knockout round begins.
And to close, here is a scene from 2004 and Le Cimetière du Père-Lachaise.
That is a dedicated fan at the grave of Jim Morrison. This spot even gets a scene in the movie we saw last weekend (2 Days in Paris). Americans of a certain age are fascinated by this spot. Elsewhere in the same cemetery the grave of Edith Piaf seems to have a very similar attraction for the French.
3 comments:
So I have a question about that hat you're wearing - is the "R" going extra fast, or is it leaning into the wind? And, as a follow up, does it make you want to tilt your head to the side so that the "R" is perfectly vertical? You'd think that it would.
Very nice photos of Paris, Dad. Even if they are of cemeteries...
Nice theme day posting. I had checked Alice's post earlier, and had managed to translate most of it without help. It is nice to read a rugby update. England is the defending champ I believe, and NZ has to play France in France, something that they would prefer to not have to do this early. South Africa is very strong, the Springboks often win this thing.
I wrongfully assumed that Cardiff was in France.... a little geography challenged. But doesn't it sound a little French??
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