Hi - All Saints Day (November 1) is a holiday in France. Offices are closed, so I worked from home this day. In the afternoon, Debbie and I went to Pere Lachaise Cemetery, as the cemeteries are decorated with flowers that day. There were quite a few people there, but the place is so big, you don't really notice unless you are at one of the famous graves.
You can take the metro directly from Victor Hugo to Pere Lachaise, which is what we did. We entered a side gate and wandered until we reached the main entrance. There we found maps of the cemetery, so we returned to the grave sites of Chopin, Balzac, Oscar Wilde, Baron Hausseman, and Eugene Delacroix. We searched for Sarah Bernhardt, but could not find her (perhaps she moved!).
Our outing started rainy and ominous (we did get rained on for a short time). But later, the skies cleared and it was sunny and crisp. Good views all the way to the Eiffel Tower in some places (check in the picture between Debbie and me). We had planned a late lunch at a bistro nearby, but found it was closed for the holiday. Just returned home and dined at the old reliable - Cafe Victor Hugo, near our apartment. Bon Voyage.
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