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Discord in the Cemetery

Posted on October 27, 2024 by Ella

Today, we visited the ever popular cimetière du Père-Lachaise. Grubb was aiming to find the final resting places of several notable historical figures such as Marcel Proust, Oscar Wilde and Jim Morrison. The cemetery is huge, divided into…well…divisions. Numbered. One to somewhere in the 90’s. No, it’s not a grid. It’s like a kids drawing…

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Loose on the Left Bank

Posted on October 27, 2024October 27, 2024 by Grubb

The only ticketed item we had in store for us this Saturday (9:30 AM) was the Cluny Medieval Museum on the Left Bank.  (The Left Bank named for the side of the Seine you’re on in the direction the river is flowing.)  And, mirabile dictu,  we were on time!  It was too early for the crowds to start showing…

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