Nous allons a Pere Lachaise, encoure!!

Today we took Mister Palms to our favorite cafe for some petite dejeuner and then off to the necropolis better known as Pere Lachaise!

If you've read previous posts, you know that we've been there a few times and will keep comin' back because of it's awesomeness. Do ya'self a favor and check out: www.pere-lachaise.com for more info on this hauntingly beautiful cemetery.

Here's a fun tidbit: In 1914, a few years after Oscar Wilde's death, his famous tomb (the lipstick kisses-covered sculpture below) by Jacob Epstein was unveiled. Apparently the sculpture used to be quite well endowed, but as you can see - it's 'endowment' was either broken or chipped off sometime past. There are numerous stories about how, why, and by whom the poor bugger was broken off, and if you're in the mood for some laughs do a google search on it and see what you come up with.

On the back of the tomb there's a lovely fragment of his last major work, The Ballad of Reading Gaol:
"And alien tears will fill for him Pity's long broken urn For his mourners will be outcast men And outcasts always mourn."