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| ETs on the shelves at the Boutique Officielle (CNB 2014) |
Opened in March 1889 for the World Fair,
Tour Eiffel was slated to be demolished in 1909. But luckily, it was saved by military applications and till now remains a wonder of the world and a Paris must-visit building. Gustave Eiffel built this metal structure weighing 10,100 tonnes but it is said to only exert the same pressure on the ground as a man seated in a chair! From the original height of 300 m., in 1957, television equipment took its height further up to
320.75 324 m.
It is 360 steps to the first floor, 380 more to the second, and another 1,062 to the top. Thank goodness for the lifts! Though we still had to trudge up from the first (where we had lunch at the 58 Tour Eiffel Restaurant just to beat the long queue) to the second because parts of the tower seemed to be under massive repair/reconstruction. Thank goodness the lift from the second to the top was okay to enable visitors to enjoy views from 300 m. up.
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| View from the 58 Tour Eiffel Restaurant (CNB 2014) |
We later crossed the bridge to view the Eiffel Tower from the
Palais de Chaillot. Although there are many world-class museums here, we did not visit any. We only stayed here long enough to see
Le Tour 'sparkle' on the hour at dusk.
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| La Tour Eiffel from Palais de Chaillot (CNB 2014) |
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| ET during the blue hour (2014) |
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