Paris and the Eiffel Tower

I forgot to mention we are back to driving on the right side of the road. Which was good because our possessed GPS led us to drive around the Arc de Triomphe.

I took this picture from the sun roof after we survived driving around it.
Our Hotel was on the 8th floor with the best view.

the Eiffel Tower

Sacré-Couer Basilica

The Metro

 What could be better? The Eiffel Tower lit up. 

 

Once every hour it did this:

We were on the Tower when it glittered. See how it looks like the lights are coming off the tower.

If you look close you can see the stairs - but we took the lift to the top.

Picture of the Sine River from halfway up

And from the top

This was an actual room at the top where the French engineer Gustave Eiffel who designed the tower would entertain guests. Here he was depicted as talking with Thomas Edison.

Here's its height in relation to the Empire State and how many km it was from NY.

Some more pictures of the Tower