Bulk of the day was taken up by hooooooot weather and the Eiffel Tower. We slept in after a night of thunderstorms waking us up. Stop one/most of the day: le Tour Eiffel. After standing in line for a half-hour for the eastern pillar, we befriended a family from Salt Lake City, Utah who had been saving a spot in line for the northern pillar and kindly allowed us to join them. So, even though it took an hour and a half to make it to the elevator, we arrived within the base of the northern pillar/base support of the tower. The elevator was wonky. The views were beautiful despite Autumn's and Margot's fears of heights. Disorientation occurred. But worth it for stunning views. Autumn said the city was made to be artwork. Margot thinks the view from the Arc d'Triomphe was better because it included the Eiffel Tower, but it was still unnerving and pretty. Yes, we made it all the way to the very top. And there was a champagne bar on top level of the Eiffel Tower. After souvenir shopping at a giftshop on the tower, we decided to take the stairs back down. It was terrifying and pretty and so full of vini, vidi, vici you don't even know. We were ON the Eiffel Tower for three hours, plus descending down the spiral iron stairs. In celebration, we sat on a couple of different benches, one of which led us to a conversation with some older women from upstate New York en route to a yoga convention in Italy. Oh, humans. We ate at a nearby restaurant. Our victory dinner: apple pie, drinks, a cheeseburger and fries. Glorious.
Downtime at the apartment with unintentional catnaps and intentional showers since it was again in the 90-degree weather despite the thunderstorms. Then to a late dinner at Le Petit Pontoise just down the street. Tasty food and tastier wine was consumed, hence the brevity of this account.
Iron. Structure. LIghts. The sky. The City. Man-made. Beautifuldistractingdizzy. Le Tour Eiffel.... yeah.
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