Saddest Cemetery EVER!

I woke up late and decided that I should do something new and interesting today. I looked up in my books and online for "interesting" or "unusual" Paris, and came upon a dog cemetery. I saw a couple of photos and it looked both interesting and intriguing, so off I went to the edge of Paris on the 13 line. (All these endeavors are sending me to the outskirts) When I waited for the 13 I noticed that there was only 1 line of tracks and a sign would tell you which direction the next train was going. Kind of neat.

No one in the article had mentioned that there was an admission fee so let me be the first to alert anyone that there is a small charge to enter the cemetery (3.50 euros). They give you a little map (which is only in French) so that you can find your favorite famous pups and other curious animals. 

Towards the front, you see this HUGE statue of a dog carrying a child from the trenches during the war. The inscription says "He saved the lives of 40 people and was killed by the 41st." Killed meaning that he died of exhaustion from carrying everyone, so not really as scary or as inhumane as I thought.

I cried a little bit in this cemetery. Something about loved animals that had gone made me sad. I saw lots of dog toys on tombstones. Lots of inscriptions that said "We'll never forget your bark" or "20 years of happiness." Truly sad. From what I could read, pet cemeteries are relatively new (after 19th century) because the role of animals had changed around that time. They went from being mangy dogs on streets to pets, and once the pet died, it was thrown into the Seine or into a pit. A king then thought it best to give a burial spot for the loved animals. How nice.

I saw this adorable cat grave. So sad. I was terrified because it was open on one side and had a coat inside (I am guessing the family left it for the cat) but I wasn't sure if it was covering something (perhaps a cat?!)

Rin Tin Tin is buried here as well. So cool! His grave says "Star of cinema". Who knew that he was French?!

I came home, showed Aaron the sad pictures, and then we ate a quick dinner before biking off to Theatre de Chatelet for Le Roi Et Moi. Our seats were SHIT! If you're in the 4th ring, there are 4 metal bars that block your view. The only hope you have of seeing anything is being in the front row of your section. Unfortunately, we were in the 2nd. I moved us to partial view, so we were bent over the whole night. It wasn't great and at times, Aaron just stood up because the sight lines were so bad.

It's a gorgeous theater and is really old so I think it was nice we went in, but had I known that we should've paid more money, I would've.

Here's curtain call. It was so nice to see the show and it did make me cry but Aaron was a little bored. He thinks it will last less than 3 months when it comes to broadway next year.