Not being morbid just thinking about where to be at the end of this trip called life.

So this post is really more about a personal passion of mine and many of my friends are aware of this strange passion. I like to visit cemeteries. I know that I am not the only one as there are books and online groups of other like minded folks. Here is a link on Pinterest and another at Travel+Leisure.

It isn't anything dark or sinister but rather one of contemplation of what do I want anyone, who should pass by my final repose, to experience. To determine that I have visited many different final resting places around the world and here are a few of my favorite photos. Many are quirky and many are sublime. But in the end I am certain the person being memorialized didn't think about what their final spot would look like.

For myself I am down to two choices a green burial either in Mill Valley or Sacramento or cremation with interment at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland. As they say TBD.

La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires

María Eva Duarte de Perón, Duarte family tomb in La Recoleta Cemetery

Pyramids often are popular

As are crosses and angels

Dr, Jesus Martinez tomb looked like a ATM or Post Office to me.

Similar tombs in the same area at La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires.

Lakeside Memorial Lawn

My parents niche.

Grave Markers at Nieuwe Ooster in Amsterdam

Rädecker father (d 1921) and mother. (d 1936) Designed by Rädecker son Anton, one of the creators of the National Monument on Dam Square.

Not certain what was being depicted.

Joannes Benedictus van Heutsz (3 February 1851 – 11 July 1924) was a Dutch military officer who was appointed governor general of the Dutch East Indies in 1904.

Thérèse Schwartze (1851-1918). The statue in white Carrara marble was made by Georgine Schwartze, the sister of Therese after her remains were moved from the Zorgvlied cemetery.

Albert Hahn (deceased in 1918). Famous caricaturist and poster designer. Monument by Hildo Krop represents the labor movement: the working class which strides to a bright future.

Two other markers from about the same time period.

Wally Tax (1948 - 2005) he was the founder and frontman of the Nederbeat group The Outsiders (1959–1969) and the rock group Tax Free (1969–1971). A fundraiser concert was performed to purchase this marker at Nieuwe Ooster.

Pretty sure they are not originally form the Netherlands.

A couple who probably did not own a luxury car in life but will be forever memorialized with one.

Grave Markers at Zorgvlied in Amsterdam

Petrus Leonardus Maria Giele (1956-1999) was a Dutch artist , poet , designer and decorator and a major source of inspiration for a large group of Amsterdam artists. A design for a monument by artist Joep van Lieshout initially faced much resistance. The Giele Skull is a purple polyester cabin in the shape of a skull in which family and friends of the artist can open. The cabin is locked with two padlocks and only a few family members and friends have a key.