If you've read this blog, it will come as no surprise to you that I like cemeteries.  Just why I like them, I couldn't tell you, but I'm sure there's some textbook explanation.  What I haven't mentioned is that I also love movies.  Love 'em.  I get up at 5 AM every morning and start my day with a cup of coffee laced with heavy whipping cream, a couple of healthy hemp waffles to counteract the heavy whipping cream, and a movie.  My former ex-husband, who I lived with while he was dying of cancer, said he liked my style.  He said I sort of "wound up" to the day.

Anyway, on to the Banger Sisters.  This movie is about two former groupies from the 70's who meet up 20 years later.  Now, if you do the math, it's really 30 years later, but the women look so great, we'll just play along with them.  Susan Sarandon plays Lavinia Kingsley, a suburban housewife, and Goldie Hahn plays Suzette who apparently doesn't deserve a last name because she is down on her luck and not a surburban housewife.  If this movie were my life, I would be Suzette without a last name, and my friend, Cindy, would be Lavinia.  Surprisingly, it is uptight Lavinia who has preserved the sordid Rock C*ck collection. I know, that's naughty, but I didn't write the movie.

There is a tender moment after a night of rekindling their friendship, where Suzette asks Lavinia, "have you ever been to Paris?"  Of course she has. Then Suzette asks if Lavinia went to that famous cemetery, Pere Lachaise where Jim Morrison was buried.  Yes, Lavinia had been there.  "It was sad."

Jim Morrison is buried in Paris?  Why?  Well, that's a whole other story.  And one that I'll save for a later date.  All I know, is I want to travel!  I want to go see Jim Morrison's sad grave.  I love Minnesota, but a girl needs to get out of town once in a while.

Take a look at this awesome website of photos from all over the world. It's one of my favorite.  While I'm in Paris, I'll also visit Shakespeare and Company, a popular Bohemian bookstore that's been around forever.

But why stop there?  In my imaginary trip to Europe, why not visit Highgate Cemetery in London?  Its guest list includes the notorious Karl Marx, and the novelist George Elliot.

I will be a world traveler.  I will be a world traveler.  If I say it often enough, maybe someday it will happen.  I found a website for a travel neophyte, such as myself, at http://www.goin2travel.com.  It has a lot of information about any region in the world.  Very educational.  And it looks like any trip could be tailor-made to the type of experience a traveler would want.  Winding my way through http://www.goin2travel.com has got me chomping at the bit to make reservations.  Believe me, if I get to Paris or London, you're going to hear about it.