Last day in Paris (day thirty)

Cemetery

Cemetery

cemetery

cemetery

look what is growing on a grave stone

cemetery

road in cemetery

Luxembourg Gardens

Pastries at the Eiffel Tour

Eiffel Tour at sunset 

Our last day in France, we got on the metro not knowing where we were going.  To our surprise we went to the most famous cemetery.  Pere Lachaise Cemetery is called the city of the dead by the Parisians.  We had about an hour to explore the cemetery and find inspiration.  I was amazed as I walked around.  This cemetery is so different from any other I have ever been in.  Patterns appeared everywhere I looked.  What I loved the most was the sunlight being filtered through the leaves on the tall trees creating ideal lighting.  It added to the already interesting cemetery.  The variety and unity in this cemetery caught my eye.  I identified variety in the many different patterns of iron work and shape of head stones, but there was also repetition in shape of headstones.  Unity was seen in the similar stone work that most of the grave markers were built out of.  I loved walking through this oh so different cemetery finding inspiration.   

Following our trip to the cemetery we went to another surprise location.   Our next stop was Luxembourg Gardens.  It was so pretty outside.  I walked through a bit of the garden before I settled to do a quick sketch.   There was a school band there and they were playing the theme music from Star Wars among other songs.  Hearing familiar music made my day!   

The rest of my afternoon was spent packing and sending a box back home.  I can't believe how long it took, but I accomplished what I set out to do with the help of many wonderful people.  That night I ate dinner and desert with a few girls on the lawn at the Eiffel Tour. It was nice to go back and end in the place we began while in Paris.  It was our goodbye to Paris.