Today dawned as a clear day. Being our last full day in Paris, it's a case of Eiffel Tower or bust. So it's onwards with attempt two.
We got there early - only one lift was in operation so that's that's the queue we joined. Once we got to the top, it is one heck of a view. I can only think how crazy the beggars were who built it in the first place. One thing that is particularly clear (boom boom) is the brown smear of pollution that hangs over the city.
About 7/8ths of the way up there was a guy just hanging there doing some maintenance on the structure. Not exactly my idea of a fun job. Amusingly, you can still hear police sirens from the top of the tower.
Stopped by a store called Album = graphic novel heaven. All kinds of hardcover copies of books of both French & American origin. It's a pity can't read French - some of those books looked mighty tempting. There was an awesome digest size hardcover Tintin collection which I almost purchased - except it was in French. Maybe it'd inspire me to learn the language?
We then spent most of the rest of he afternoon wandering around shops - looking at this and that in Paris. Very exciting stuff.
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