Ok,back to the story,this was the third day we spent in Paris.After we had our breakfast at the hotel we headed along Seine towards the Eiffel Tower.It was about 10k walk we worked out later.
It was a great way to gather the different perspective of Paris along the river watching locals and tourists alike.We pulled up just short of the Pond Neuf to take some pics,a clear blue sky,the best weather in Paris,boats cruising the river,every one talking,laughing,enjoying this beautiful moment.We kept walking for a while and reached the Eiffel Tower.I just saw him in the book or on the TV before,he is a browny mushroomy color not grey as shown in most of the pics,he is magnificent and we were hooked.The queues were huge but we were prepared for the long time waiting.Unfortunately,we lined up for the South Pillar and what we didn't realize is that this pillar doesn't have the lift so we had to climb the steps.We felt very lucky after we had joined the umpteen people climbing the steps that the view on the steps was gorgeous and unique,I supposed you would never see this in a lift,one more thing was that it saved money for us(elevator 11eu,steps just about 5).At the first stop the view was rather impressive,the second was incredible,and if you waited half an hour longer to take the lift to the top i am pretty sure the view there would be amazing.(cuz we took the lift to the top(-:).
We took the metro to the Arc de Triomphe and took some pics then headed to the NEW Arc de Triomphe-Grande Arche de la Defense which is a minimalist,morden architecture built to stand in stark contrast to the Arc de Triomphe a couple of miles away.
View beneath the tower
I was eating (-: at the first stop
Arc de Triomphe
New arc
Louvre we took on our way back to hotel
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