Originally Posted by slowandsteady
Sorry, but they really aren't public places, at least not in the states.
They are public up here in Canada ... and in Australia ... and in various places I've been in Europe.
IN FACT ... when I rode the PBP (Paris-Brest-Paris) in 2003, we started at 10 pm so it was dark. All through the night I kept noticing these odd looking places, partially lit up, and somewhat decorated with flowers and also cycling stuff (bicycles and things). Seeing flowers and bicycle decorations lining the roads during that event wasn't unusual, so at first I just passed it off as yet another cycling-related display .......... until dawn, when I could see what those places were. They were cemeteries. The local people had done them up all nice all along the route. I know some of the cyclists slept in them ... and others stopped briefly to wander through and take pictures. They were quite fascinating.
