The Eiffel Tower

Well what can I say about the Eiffel Tower that hasn't already been written. People far more eloquent than I have waxed rhapsodic over it and so I am not going to do that. Other than to tell you that I stood in the gardens looking at it for what seemed like forever. It is so quintessentially Parisienne and I love it. I was a complete nerdy tourist the whole time I was there and I wouldn't have had it any other way. For the night they have placed thousands of globes all over it and it glitters for 5 minutes every hour on the hour! That is just magnificent to see.

This is the funicular that takes you up to the first and second floors. You change at the second floor for an elevator up to the top of the tower. I wasn't courageous enough to do that.


I actually had dinner at the restaurant on Level 1 of the Eiffel Tower. That was very nice. I met a fabulous young couple from Melbourne called Ben and Jean and we got to chatting before dinner as we were all having dinner there and then doing the same cruise together. We got separated at dinner (being the lonely singleton they just tend to tack me onto tables with other english speaking people and hope for the best) but I sat with some English teachers from Liverpool and Manchester. They were good value.

This is Ben and Jean. I met up with them after dinner and we did the cruise along the Seine together. Do you want to know why she looks so happy? Ben proposed to her during dinner and of course she said yes! That was just the perfect end to my fantastic stay in Paris.