Cemeterey

July 7, 2010
Jon Magnus who is from Wenatchee just happened to be in Paris visiting. He has previously lived in France working as a French interpreter. Jon took Michael, Eric and I to the cemetery where Chopin is buried. Since Michael won our local state competition with a Chopin piece we just had to visit.

Jon pointed out that some of the tombstones have CPE or Concession A Perpetuite on them. If they have that engraved, the grave will remain in the cemeterey forever. If not, the grave will remain only as long as the space has been paid for and then it will be pulled up and a new one put in its place. My first thought was "That is terrible!" my second thought was that I sure hope this cemetery is keeping meticulous documentation.