DAY 5, 6, 7- June 6th thru 8th

Its now Day 11 or 12 or whatever, so its time to get caught up. Last weekend's activities included visits to the cathedral at Saint Denis, Giverny, home of Monet, and last but not least, the "sacred" grave of Jim Morrison.

Day 5, Friday June 6th
.....took the Metro up to St. Denis (about 8 miles north of Paris) to see what is generally regarded as the first Gothic cathedral. St. Denis is kind of dense (just like Paris) but seemed a little run down (at least the little we saw of it). A cursory search of Paris demographics reveals that St. Denis is on the order of 50% immigrant population, an indicator of the problems of world-wide movements of people into Europe and the United States. One of the first things we noticed were sounds that one might associate with Muslim culture, calling to the Friday prayers perhaps.

We talked with a lady in a coffee shop (we think she was the owner) and she lamented that "she was here against her will".

But we are here to see a cathedral:

 









Day 6, Saturday June 7th
....took the train to Giverney, about a 45 minute crowded ride (Note to future riders of trains in France- go 2nd class 'cause people sit anywhere. We had 1st class tickets, but there were no seats! Had to scrounge for a seat for the first 20 miles or so)

hey, that's Monet!

Salades!

Day 7, Sunday June 8th
Not much going on today so we Metro over to the largest cemetery in Paris, Père Lachaise, (110 acres)^.....Puts the New Orleans cemeteries to shame .

Of course I came to see the grave of poor Jim Morrison. Pretty much what I expected.....about a dozen or so "mourners" yucking it up. I believe Morrison made a fateful wrong turn that started him down the path to this end, when he attended that semester at FSU. Bad Tallahassee karma.