Where in Europe do you want your ashes spread?
 

If you could pick any spot in Europe (on land or sea), where would you like your ashes spread?

I have already instructed my wife to scatter my ashes off of the walking bridge overlooking Neuschwanstein in Germany. I figure I'll float dwon to the water and then float past the castle into the lake there. Not a bad final resting place IMHO. <BR> <BR>Cheers, the turnip

Not actually in Europe - but very much influenced by it. I've requested that my ashes be mixed with cement and made into a Celtic cross. I have a photo of one I saw near Doolin that I want replicated. I guess the family can do what they want with the actual cross....

I've instructed to have my ashes sent into space, that way I can continue to travel forever and not only visit Europe but new Planets etc. <BR>

Good answer, Art. I can't say where I want my ashes spread, as I haven't traveled to enough places yet to make a decision. My mothers' husband said he would like his ashes spread in Bloomingdales so my mother will visit him often.

i gave instructions to my lifepartner (i live in the chianti nearby florence) and i want to have my ash spread from the ferrie going from livorno to olbia/sardegna, during nighttime into the mediterranian sea. i once was almost killed in the ocean and there is where i want to be when my body is empty and i'm on my way to the "otherland" on my personal rainbow. <BR> <BR>tanti saluti <BR> <BR>christina

The high open mountain meadow on the way into the small village of Galichnik, Macedonia.

I have left written instructions to have a close friend scatter my ashes into the caldera on Santorini. It's not so much that I want my ashes there as it is to get my friend to visit Santorini. He's never been to Europe.

In the primroses around the Eiffel Tower!

My husband and I had both said we wanted our ashes tossed from the Cliffs of Moher, but I really like Stacey's Celtic cross idea . . . What an interesting question!

wonderful question; on our first trip to Europe, 31 years ago, as we ate Ristorante Tre Scalini's glorious chocolate tartufo in front of the Bernini fountain in the Piazza Navonna, Rome, I begged my husband to remember to come back with my ashes and sprinkle them strategically to float into some chocolate and then land in the fountain. At this stage of life, I'd rather sprinkle them myself!

Off the edge of the cliff when you get off the Manlichen tram high above Wengen.

A tie between two places: the beautiful -- and beautifully-named -- Baie des Anges (Bay of the Angels) on the Côte d'Azur, or the romantic pool in front of the Medici Fountain in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris.

How about on the slopes of Mt. Etna, giving literal meaning to "ashes to ashes..."? Some volcano-watchers predict there will be a catastrophic volcanic explosion in the greater Etna/Vesuvius/Stromboli area with the first half of this century, in which case, anything on Etna will spread far and wide.

I just told my mom to spread my ashes underneath the giant rhododendrons at Muckross House outside Killarney, Ireland. In 1998, we walked around underneath them while the flowers were in full bloom ... lots of Tolkein-esque mossy branches and tree trunks. And, a very beautiful and peaceful place (not that my ashes will care).

Sprinkle me liberally around the first-class section of any international flight, as that's the only way I'll ever get there. <BR>

Thank you Cindy for making me laugh because I was about to cry from reading all the beautiful entries here. <BR> <BR>Now I just have to think of a place...

My husband has often stated... after a few pints, that he'd like his ashes scattered in front of the Guinness Brewery in Dublin...

<BR>Is everybody on Fodor's being cremated??? What is this with the ashes? Isn't anyone going the old, body/coffin route?? <BR> <BR>Frankly, I never was up for that sort of thing but if I was my favorite site would be sprinkled from on top of that magnificent tram which overlooks Grindelwald!! I could fertilize that fantastic valley and get to listen to those lovely cowbells as I drift over them. Hmmmmm....maybe I need to rethink my burial plans!&lt;g

Interesting question! My wish is to have my ashes scattered over the red cliffs in Roussillon, France. To be part of those sweeping fields of red poppies....ahhhh....eternal peace.

Great question-one that has been talked about in our family for years!I want my ashes to be spread at Fountains Abbey near Ripon,England because it is the nearest thing to heaven!!!!!!!!!!!

In my garden in the Dordogne.

I am far far to young to think of such things!! But if I was contemplating my final resting place I would certainly not go for the oven method and instead opt for a grand mausoleum on a hillside in Tuscany! Now if only Michaelangelo was around to create a little something to adorn it!

Hmmm, interesting question. I have to think about it for me, but I know my husband would want his spread in the vineyards of Romanee Conti in Burgundy. With the price of that wine, that's probably the closest he'll ever get. Oh yeah, we did steal a grape or two off a vine last year :)

Eee--kind of a morbid post, don't you think? Ok, well, I'll play along. I'm a city girl, so flush my ashes somewhere in Paris.

Will all my ashes fit into the ashtray of a red Ferrari driving across Italy?

Frankly, you can spread me over Sophia Loren — and not necessarily my ashes!

Mmmma muchly morbid! But interesting. <BR>I havent thought much about where they would be scattered, though in answer to norena's question, i have always been definite about cremation. a) I dont want to be riddled with creepy crawlies, and b) with the continuously growing population there isnt land for burial, and even when there is, who's to say in 300 years they wont deconsecrate or whatever it is the cemetry and build a car park on top of me. <BR> <BR>As to where, I think wherever my husband and sister feel reminds them of me, maybe somewhere they can visit if they want to... <BR> <BR>Good answers though...

I asked my wife to spread some of my ashes in each of our favorite spots around the world. She says if she runs out of ashes before she runs out of favorite spots, she'll refill the urn from the hotel ash trays and continue.

ok norena. <BR>throw my body off the top of Mt. Everest...just be sure to look below before you toss. <BR> <BR>actually, I haven't actually thought about the wherewithalls, but I do, indeed, prefer the idea of cremation. My survivors can use the extra money to travel! (and, like kavey, don't like the thought of maggots eating away at my remains) <BR> <BR>Anyway, thoughtful thread!

I'd like to be divvied up & spread around Italy at some of my favorite scenic/memorable spots. I'm a 'water baby' and so, wish to be returned to the sea. <BR> -- some of my ashes taken to Positano and spread on the Mediteranean off the ferry to Capri; <BR> -- Cinque Terre, in the town of Vernazzo at sunset (a very lovely moment); <BR> -- Venice: toss them in the Grand Canal off the Accademia Bridge

please tell me you're not talking body parts, tina... <BR> <BR>

Tina: This is Mr. Lecter. I’d be willing to help out.

I'd like my body to be cremated in Bali - saw a really interesting show about the customs there. Where to scatter me? From a mountain on a South Pacific island or in a desert during a wind storm.

Well, Pere Lachaise in Paris is a pretty famous place for taking the long dirt nap and the thing is, you have to pay up every so often or they will actually remove you. So it's kind of like rent and it's not necessarily cheap, either. As a confirmed budget traveler, I am having my ashes snuck in by my significant other and clandestinely spread in that cemetery. And since it will be a freebie, I can rest in peace, knowing that I'm still "getting a deal"! And it's a win-win, because she can save the money that would have been squandered on a plot and marker, (which I won't be around to appreciate anyway), and use it to fly over to Paris once in awhile; possibly even visiting me in my new digs.

NOOOOOOOOO --- I was thinking of taking ASHES --- NOT body parts! You take the ashes & divide them into three packages for distribution. <BR> <BR>Unless I conveniently passed away while on a trip to Italy, how could someone smuggle my body parts in their luggage and not raise an eyebrow trying to get thru the x-ray machine in the airport? Talk about creating a ruckus in the terminal!

tina (lol) <BR>absolutely. my thoughts exactly!

In the centre circle at white hart lane. However if I die of BSE or Foot and Mouth and are therefore am a health hazzard; then the centre circle at Highbury would be ideal.

Kinsale Harbour, Kinsale, Ireland