Sorry, this will be the last picture of the cemetary. I've got much happier things to post now. I just thought I ought to show a bit of an idea of what the cemetary itself actually looks like. We American folks just aren't used to such a three dimensional cemetary with large tombs and hills. Looking at pictures of seperate graves, just doesn't quite do the place justice. One could walk among that stew of graves for like three miles without coming to a fence. Another thing that I thought was really neat about the cemetary were the hundreds of monuments to the fallen soldiers and victims of the many French wars. The most moving were definitely the ones dedicated to the millions of French Jews that were killed during World War II, each one bearing the familiar phrase, "Forgive, but don't Forget". Is it fair to ask, "aren't there certain things that simply are not forgiveable?" I've yet to get to the point of forgiveness, but somehow these monuments make it a little easier to not forget.
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