The Eiffel Tower. It's the quintessential Parisian landmark. And boy is it big. You might in your mind that its going to be big...just not THAT big.
We got off the RER (Metro) at the Champs de Mar stop and headed towards the Tower. Basically, you just follow the hordes of tourists and buses.
In pictures, you don't see the individual details of the steel that makes up the Tower. You don't see the names emblazened onto the edges of the Tower. You don't see the scroll work that adorns the Tower. And you don't see the heavily armed military police who patrol the site on which the tour stands.
Its not fair to say that its more impressive in pictures but it is. When you are standing next to it, it seems like just another steel structure. And I'll be honest, it much prettier during the time before dusk when the steel takes on a warm taupe colour as opposed to the cold steel look in the harsh light of midday.
My husband bravely went up to the first level and got some beautiful shots from that vantage point while I wondered the park that surrounds the Tower. I was happy to stay on Terra Firma. I got sweaty palms just looking up at the Tower, let alone actually walking up inside it. I shutter at the thought.
The first glimpse of the Tower as you walk up the street from the Metro
The names of the key people involved in the creation of the Tower are inscribed around the edge of the Tower.
Looking towards Sacre Coeur and Montmartre (northeast) from the first level.
The Seine from the first level
The Dome Church from the first level
The Ecole Militaire (Military School) and the park land directly in front of the Tower (from the first level)
A leg of the Tower, looking down from the first level
From the bottom looking, I'm getting vertigo already!
Straight up from the first level...not my cup of tea
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