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Monday, November 17, 2008

A quaint November outing

Montparnasse, 1782. Deep down a narrow winding staircase leading halfway to hell, lie the bones of 6 million French people once buried in cemeteries that became too overcrowded to host them.



the well pictured above is not really accessible, but once upon a time, this is where tunnel workers bathed their feet.




Where is death? It is always in the past or the future. No sooner is it present than it is already gone.