the metro was amazingly clean and big, found out later it was a suburb commuter train, that explained it. eiffel tower - huge. massive. much bigger then you think from looking, and quite a bit more impressive then I expected it to be. the base easily would span a football field, i'm thinking more like 3/4 of a block each side. fun to walk underneath and look up into the webby mass. except for the outmost strand, none of the pieces are wider then 3 inches... some 3-inch l sections, but overall very light. paid the 10 euros to get up, meh, very smooth ride. you could see the old amusement-park hitches, very glad the technology has advaced past that. only up to the second level, the top will be open in february. started to get a little chilly up there, hadn't noticed prior. beautiful view, so much different then looking down at an american city. the mid-rise blocks with courtyards in the middle were basically the only building type, very uniform except for monuments. we were at an angle where the streets weren't totally obvious, but you could follow some of the traffic patterns. all the high-rises are quite far from the main historic-touristy-political area, in La Defense. Will have to make it there, didn't see anything too intriguing though. saw many big domes, some gold colored, some cathedrals, some i'll figure out later.down, home on metro, saw the real metro trains and stations, not quite as nice, but nicer and quieter and faster and more logical then chicagos (looking at the map it's scary, but not once you're in the station - much better then) transfers are nearly always necessary, but also nearly always painless. very nice to have a stop always within 2-3 blocks of you. read the guidebook a little before falling asleep, very easily after 45 hours awake (wow. it didn't actually feel that long, the nap on the airplane really did do me some good)
the metro was amazingly clean and big, found out later it was a suburb commuter train, that explained it. eiffel tower - huge. massive. much bigger then you think from looking, and quite a bit more impressive then I expected it to be. the base easily would span a football field, i'm thinking more like 3/4 of a block each side. fun to walk underneath and look up into the webby mass. except for the outmost strand, none of the pieces are wider then 3 inches... some 3-inch l sections, but overall very light. paid the 10 euros to get up, meh, very smooth ride. you could see the old amusement-park hitches, very glad the technology has advaced past that. only up to the second level, the top will be open in february. started to get a little chilly up there, hadn't noticed prior. beautiful view, so much different then looking down at an american city. the mid-rise blocks with courtyards in the middle were basically the only building type, very uniform except for monuments. we were at an angle where the streets weren't totally obvious, but you could follow some of the traffic patterns. all the high-rises are quite far from the main historic-touristy-political area, in La Defense. Will have to make it there, didn't see anything too intriguing though. saw many big domes, some gold colored, some cathedrals, some i'll figure out later.down, home on metro, saw the real metro trains and stations, not quite as nice, but nicer and quieter and faster and more logical then chicagos (looking at the map it's scary, but not once you're in the station - much better then) transfers are nearly always necessary, but also nearly always painless. very nice to have a stop always within 2-3 blocks of you. read the guidebook a little before falling asleep, very easily after 45 hours awake (wow. it didn't actually feel that long, the nap on the airplane really did do me some good) 
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wow- that picture is amazing. you are really good at that. it really is great. the beam of light at the top, with the moon, and the tree. wow
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