Where do you take a radiant young woman on her first evening in Paris, France? How about the Eiffel Tower? How about right as the sun is setting? It was a grand gesture, but when in Paris... I haven't been to said Tower since January of 2006 with a gaggle of students, but here are some things I love about it (and I'll be writing teeny tiny posts these days as internet is très très cher in Paris):
- it has its own website
- it sits on the old military grounds - the Champ de Mars = Campus Martius (think Rome)
- it has a lot of cool facts
- it really is beautiful
- it gathers together all of the people of the world and you can hear just about every language you've ever heard of there
- they have a cheesy reconstruction of the meeting between Eiffel and Edison in Eiffel's apartment at the very top of the Tower (complete with 19th century interior - helps you realize what a shock the aesthetic of the Eiffel Tower was to the lush interiors of the bourgeoisie)
- we saw the sun set over Paris from the very top of the Tower
We then had dinner at a sidewalk café, caught the midnight Metro home and are now getting ready to stretch out luxuriously and sleep. Who knows which century and its wonders await us tomorrow?
Where do you take a radiant young woman on her first evening in Paris, France? How about the Eiffel Tower? How about right as the sun is setting? It was a grand gesture, but when in Paris... I haven't been to said Tower since January of 2006 with a gaggle of students, but here are some things I love about it (and I'll be writing teeny tiny posts these days as internet is très très cher in Paris):
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