Bones

   Guess where we went??  Hint: See above picture. If you guessed the Catacombs you would be right.  A friend from school, J, and I visited the Catacombs this past week. It was quite an interesting tour and by Paris standards a pretty good value.  I should have taken a picture of the line, it really never ends!  We got there an hour before they opened and there was a small line already forming.  By the time they opened the line was already 3 hours long.  There were literally people being dropped of by the tour busload.  So, pro tip: get there early.

 The Catacombs basically came about because the rotting bodies in the sub-par cemeteries inside of Paris were infiltrating the water system and overflowing into unsuspecting basements around town.  So, they decided to haul 6 million remains to the old quarry system underground Paris.  At some point the workman decided to arrange the bones into interesting designs.

  Overall, it was a nice way to spend a morning, especially a hot one.  There were lots of steps and slippery paths, so I would recommend only for the sure-footed.  Also, according to the French warning sings, people with a "nervous disposition" should take caution and stay away!  I'm not exactly sure what that means and why, but it sounds so adorable.  The French really do have a way with words.
~L