Nothing to do with the Civil War, but I find it most fascinating. My daughter who rides and jumps horses for a living just came back to the states after spending a month with the horses in Europe.
One of the places she stopped in was Paris, and this is one place you have to see, The Catacombs.
Im sure alot of you have been there, but for me being on the other side of the world, Its just something I read about. Heres a shot she took while she was there.
Wow - at first I thought you went GW! Neat place to visit I bet. Best, Dean
ReplyDeleteI visited that in 1998. It is incredible, and interesting how after the initial shock that you get, it eventually wears off after you see so many stacked human bones in dungeon after dungeon after catacomb. Well it did for me.
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I go from time to time in Paris, and so far I have not visited the catacombs ...but soon, very soon!
ReplyDeleteI live in Bath in the UK and they have recently discovered that the foundations of the Abbey are in danger of subsidence because of the settling of huge numbers of bodies buried under the floor. The Abbey is not that big really but they recon 3-4000 people have been buried there over time!
ReplyDeleteWee bit far away for me too but it does look interesting!
ReplyDeleteYou gotta admire the Gallic gallows humour of the French...
ReplyDeleteLike you I have only heard of these, but what a sight - maybe one day.
ReplyDeleteThanks guys for the interest...Id like to go there someday
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ReplyDeleteI just stumbled over your blog and found it very interesting.
I don't live very far from Paris and went there 2 weeks ago. There were so many people waiting to visit the catacombs that I got depressed and decided to go somewhere else.
It's a fantastic place. Most people think it's a kind of underground graveyard, but it's actually a place built for the purpose of making you stay in awe, shocked. I have to go there, I'd really like to! ;)
Nice blog, btw! :)
Alex!
http://alexbenvenuti.blogspot.fr/
Hello Alexandre...thanks for stopping by...I noticed a weathering magazine on your blog, didnt know anything like that existed, pretty interesting.
ReplyDeleteThey certainly are quite freakish and goulish but a place well worth visiting.
ReplyDeleteHi Shayne...I 'm guessing you've been there...I was supposed to go to France a few years back, but due to a medical condition I had back then it didnt happen and I do regret it.
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