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Sunday, December 22, 2013

Cats in the Catacombs


As my last full day in Paris, I visited the gorgeous catacombs!
Dates of stone extraction (quarries) are marked in the tunnel walls. 
And street names and epitaphs and poems and information of the history are likewise carved into the walls. 
Here are a few pictures of the tunnels and bones:
And the historic layering of rock:

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  • ▼  2013 (35)
    • ▼  December (35)
      • Landing in London?
      • Not Dead Yet!
      • Sending Gifts is Expensive!!
      • Cats in the Catacombs
      • A Night of Crepes
      • Saturday Crowd-Dodging
      • Post-Cemetery Revelry
      • Oscar Wilde's Grave
      • Rust! Everywhere, rust!
      • Determination and Custard: IV
      • Determination and Custard: III.
      • Determination and Custard: II.
      • Determination and Custard: I.
      • Disastrous Folly
      • Tuesday Adventure: V.
      • Tuesday Adventure: IV.
      • Tuesday Adventure: III.
      • Tuesday Adventure: II.
      • Tuesday Adventure: I.
      • Resting with Nasser
      • The MEGAbus
      • Walking, walking, walking!
      • Departure and Comraderie
      • Brevity
      • On Foot Abuse:
      • Oude West
      • Hemp, Hash, and Cannabis: Museum
      • Erotic Museum
      • Red Lights in the Daytime
      • Lunch
      • Exploration at Dawn
      • Jet Lagging Night
      • Recap of the Day I Lost
      • Flight intermission
      • Welcome!

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