Buttes Chaumont and Pere-Lachaise

I went to Buttes Chaumont in the North-East of Paris, a landscaped park around an old quarry. Next was Belleville Park which hadn't been maintained despite the view of the Eiffel Tower. I stopped for a drink before walking down through the Park
At Menilmontan, I went into Notre-Dame de la Croix, and continied along the high street with lots of ethnic shops to the Musee de Edith Piaf but it was only open by invitation.
I continued to the enormous Pere-Lachaise cemetery and found the graves of Piaf, Oscar Wilde and Fred Chopin. I also had my photo taken with the Paralympic Flame which was being carried in procession through the cemetery.
I walked to the small Romanesque church of St-Germain de Charonne, stopped for a drink in the village, and then took the Metro to the Place de la Republique to take a photo of the statue of Marianne, the female symbol of the Republic. There was a games kiosk in the Place in the summer.
Dinner was back at Le Choc restaurant near the hotel.
I watched the Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony, which was held on the Champs Elysee and the Place de la Concorde, on TV at the hotel.Read more