another day with the dead...

up and at 'em...a stop at the coffee shop and off to the catacombs...another "new" experience for ginny (pere la chaise and the cruise on the seine were also "new")...the catacombs tour is a 2 km walk under ground...130 steps down and 83 back up...tiny spiral stair cases...not for the faint of heart...i believe the sign said not for those with a "nervous disposition"...WE LOVED IT!

our feet on the catacombs floor...when we were done with the tour there was a muddy clay film covering them...

creepy walk...the flash kills the eerieness....

this is a well dug at some point...

the brightest point in the walk (2 km total under ground) 

row after row after row

where is death? always in the future or the past.  scarcely is it present when it is no more.   (thank you "translating ginny") 

sign exiting the bone room where the remains of 6 million people are believed to reside...

the climb out was heat thumping...83 steps...

after the catacombs we went to bercy village (we stayed there in november 2009)...love the shopping area there....

our favorite spot for cafe creme and baguettes on our last trip...today we stopped for lunch...baguette sandwiches and coffee all around...

we called it a short day...they rain began to fall and so we hit the metro and headed home...
we will venture out later for dinner.  tomorrow? not sure what we will find...something fabulous i expect!