Daniel was fortunate to have traveled to many interesting places. In the last few years he was particularly interested in seeing Terazin, a concentration camp, Dubrovnik, the city where many of the scenes from “Game of Thrones” were filmed and Paris where we tried to live as if we were locals. We went out nightly to the neighborhood cheese and wine shops from our 4th floor walkup apartment. The steps were uneven and a bit dangerous but that added to our sense of being true Parisians. Paris was an ongoing joke between us. Daniel had gone to France when he was 13 and again when he was 15. Following his 2nd trip to Paris he bragged to his French teacher that his family went to France every year. Laughing at his attempt to impress his teacher, we often joked about our annual trips to France.
Three years ago we went back to France. A highlight of that trip was our visit to the Pere Lachaise Cemetery. Among the many famous people buried in the cemetery are Chopin, Proust, Colette and Jim Morrison. Seeing Jim Morrison’s grave inspired Daniel to send many texts and photos. As my energy began to flag, Daniel commented that I was usually the one who was most excited about our planned visits to various cultural sites but that he was often the one who enjoyed our trips the most.