On any student study abroad trip for college age participants, free time must be factored in.  Here, a good tour guide can be a tremendous help, providing suggestions and travel routes so that each individual can make the most of this valuable time.  Prior to the Villa trip, I met with students several times and I had already provided some options for consideration.  One of these included a visit to the Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise.  Here is the final resting place for Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, who died in Paris in 1971 at the age of 27.  Several students were interested in this option and so a few of us ventured out. The cemetery is a very unique place by our standards.  It is difficult to describe because you are likely to do it an injustice. Considered Paris’ most prestigious cemetery, it is set on a wooded hill overlooking the city. It is a very peaceful place, with tremendous history evidenced by the markers and striking funetary sculpture but also extremely dense, which makes it a bit difficult to locate some of the sites.  During our brief visit we paid respects to Jim Morrison, Edith Piaf and Oscar Wilde.  It was quite clear that people visit those sites often.  In the case of both Morrison and Wilde protective enclosures have been erected.  Nonetheless you can see the evidence of their admirers. As our cemetery visit drew to a close, we were happy that our free time would allow for a bit of shopping as well.  Onward to the Paris Metro….next stop the Galeries Lafayette and then on to our evening visit at the Musee D’Orsay.  As you can tell… another full day in Paris!