October 31st, Paris Well, we made it safely to Paris! Our pre-arranged taxi got us from the airport to Hotel Korner Eiffel by 10:30 on Tuesday October 31st. We left our bags, grabbed a map and set off to areas unexplored in past trips. A lengthy metro journey brought us to Pere Lachaise Cemetery. Opened in 1804, it has 70,000 elaborate mausoleums and head stones of famous Parisians in a sculptured garden. We located Jim Morrison's grave, a surprisingly small, tucked away grave but the most visited and adorned with flowers from fans of the Doors. Next we stopped at Place de la Republic, where Parisians gathered after the terrorist attacks, and then to the Bastille area where we had a late lunch. We ended our day with a walk through the our favourite Latin Quarter,
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