Vezelay - Saint-Père

I had found this place, in the back of the Basilica, already some years ago. There is even a bench. The village seen here is Saint-Père, known for the church with that high white steeple.

"Sittin' on the dock of the bay, watchin' the tide roll away" like Otis Redding on a summer evening. "Looks like nothing's gonna change everything still remains the same"

Acclaimed Marc Meneau runs a gourmet restaurant (*** Michelin) in Saint-Père. Serge Gainsbourg liked the place and stayed in Meneau´s hotel 1990 for weeks. I saw polaroids in the nearby bar-tabac, showing Serge smoking cigarettes and drinking pastis with the locals. Serge died in March 1991 of a heart attack.