That's me - adventurer, enthusiastic and full of energy (when I am not napping that is)
Opposite side of the golden candy plaque
Then it was off to L'Empire de la Mort - the Paris Catacombs
It's the haunting resting place of more than 6 million French citizens. You sink deep into the tunnels of Paris and cover over a kilometer of catacombs littered with human remains. The Paris Catacombs were built as limestone quarries, which were mined for the building of some of Paris' most famous buildings and bridges. After the mid 1700s, the quarries were used to deal with Paris' overcrowded cemeteries, and 6 million bodies were transfered from the cemeteries to the catacombs. In order to maximize the storage capacity of the quarries, the exhumed bodies were simply stacked on top of one another in different rooms in the Catacombs creating many miles of human-bone walls.
Throughout there are comments on our existence or lack thereof
After all that we needed some relief and dined at the elegant Laserre restaurant to finish the celebration
Sandre
Mac n cheese avec truffles
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