Pics around the Eiffel Tower

I jumped the Metro near Notre Dame and rode to the Place du Mars stop. The Tower is only a couple of blocks from the station. I had to switch trains at Invalides for some reason, but it just meant standing on the same platform for a couple of minutes until the next train arrived. I arrived at the Tower around 9:25 AM and only had 45 minutes to check out the tower, because I figured I needed to start back to Charles De Gaulle by 10:15 AM at the latest. I wandered around the base, snapping a few pics. The line for the elevator was already quite long. Gaping upward and all around in typical tourist mode, I noticed a very small line at the 1/2 price stairs line, due to open at 9:30. C’est bon! So I put my week of hustling up stairs in Amman to good use and after plunking down €4 made my way up to the Priemier Etage where I enjoyed the view, some espresso, pain au chocolat, and the satisfaction of beating the huge line for the elevators that snaked across the courtyard and into the street. Here are some pics. Enjoy!

On the train with friends

The Line for Elevators

Looking up from below

The bottom of the stairs

Somone please tell me what this bldg is

A telescope

The Line from above

The river

Me on the way down

Fuel and volumetric efficiency

~ by BC on April 25, 2008.