very good photo of the angel statue. As a child, in England, I used to enjoy being taken to a cemetery beside a quaint old church near my maternal grandmother's home, with her or with my youngest aunt. It was interesting to read the details on the tombstones and a little scarey/awesome to a young child too.

As an adult I have not visited many cemeteries, - but there is a very beautiful one quite near here, which I visited for the first time several months ago, due to the passing of a young relative. It surprised & impressed me at how beautifully it was landscaped, with little streams and waterfalls, many wonderful coniferous trees, and on "various levels" somehow, very different to what a person usually thinks of, or sees in films of cemeteries. I did intend to return to look around the peaceful surroundings, but haven't done so, yet. I think it depends on the frame of mind a person is in when visiting a cemetery, as to whether it would seem depressing or macabre.