Yesterday I went to the Eiffel tower. It was worth the 45 minute wait in line to get to the top. Even with the little kid behind me kicking me. The view is amazing. It's not the same as going to the top of buildings in New York, because there is nothing tall around the Eiffel Tower to block the view. I went in the late afternoon so the shadows of everything were really long.
I took the elevator up, and the stairs down. The elevator has windows, so it's like being able to see the inside of a bulding on you're way up. And it's a pretty complex structure so even the elevator ride was interesting.
I was reminded of my big bro and all of the planning of subdivisions he does. Paris is very complex and it can be hard to navigate since the streets go pretty much in every direction. What they call organic I guess!
I asked this Irish lady to take my picture, since she had like 5 kids and was lining them all up one by one to take theirs. She was pretty funny. Telling me where to stand and which way to turn to get the best shot. Very motherly. Hehehe.
I liked this one. It's just a pic of the steel girders and stuff from the 2nd floor landing.
This is looking straight down. You can see the line that I had to wait in, except when that when I was in line, it wasn't long enough to make a bend. I'm glad that I went when I did!
Yesterday I went to the Eiffel tower. It was worth the 45 minute wait in line to get to the top. Even with the little kid behind me kicking me. The view is amazing. It's not the same as going to the top of buildings in New York, because there is nothing tall around the Eiffel Tower to block the view. I went in the late afternoon so the shadows of everything were really long.
I took the elevator up, and the stairs down. The elevator has windows, so it's like being able to see the inside of a bulding on you're way up. And it's a pretty complex structure so even the elevator ride was interesting.
I was reminded of my big bro and all of the planning of subdivisions he does. Paris is very complex and it can be hard to navigate since the streets go pretty much in every direction. What they call organic I guess!
I asked this Irish lady to take my picture, since she had like 5 kids and was lining them all up one by one to take theirs. She was pretty funny. Telling me where to stand and which way to turn to get the best shot. Very motherly. Hehehe.
I liked this one. It's just a pic of the steel girders and stuff from the 2nd floor landing.
This is looking straight down. You can see the line that I had to wait in, except when that when I was in line, it wasn't long enough to make a bend. I'm glad that I went when I did!
5 comments:
This is fun! What a great trip.
Your comment about the streets made me think about the "far reaching and visionary" grid laid down in NYC in 1811.
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the looking straight down one is my favorite, i think. this is fun, like dad said.
and yay for the irish.
:)
Engineering fun!
It makes me nervous to hold my camera
out like that to take pictures. I
almost feel tempted to drop it on purpose...
I'm definitely used to the grid that's for sure. Although I have been able to navigate successfully everywhere that I have wanted to go in Paris. I'm pretty good at heading in the general direction and figuring it out from there. I also have practice in being lost without looking lost which helps.
And you better believe I had the cord to my camera wrapped tight, and was holding on with both hands when I took that one. I could have dropped some coins though.
excuse me but how did you take the last picture of the view looking down because the eiffel tower was all the way too the right were you in a helicopter ? my friend Sophie and I are discussing this.
Jake
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