It's Friday, so it's a picture and a story day. Today, I give you the Eiffel Tower story.
We have all seen it before, but there is something very special about seeing it in the flesh. It simply takes your breath away. I am only sorry that any pictures I provide will not convey the real emotion behind the view. Instead I offer a Dennis and Ann story for your enjoyment.
It was a down right hot day in Paris when we visited the tower. We had been on a hop on, hop off tour bus to see an overview of the city. We could not hop off easily, there was no lift for the chair, so we just rode the entire route and then popped off at the Eiffel Tower. We walked around and viewed it from all sides first. Soon, we realized that there was no way that we were going to que up for an hour or two, just to ride to the top, so we walked and wheeled across the bridge to view it from afar. I captured a full sized tower from this vantage point.
We had been arguing a bit about what we could not do on account of the chair, (I was not hauling the chair up 100 steps to see a museum) and I was in desperate need for a bathroom. We stopped fighting and walked along the Seine until we found a restaurant. We ordered 2 gin and tonics, and a small appetizer to get us by until we found a place to eat. We were both still a bit crabby, so we pretty much sat in silence, just trying to enjoy the view and the cooling drinks.
When we were finally ready to move on, we asked for the bill. 70E! We had just drunk our first, and our last, 20E (30 dollars) gin and tonic. At that point, Dennis dove into the olive bowl that he had been ignoring and ordered me to put the 3 pieces of bread remaining into my purse. We were comrades once again, and laughing at ourselves and our situation.
We all get taken at one time or another during a vacation. This time, we had managed to find a restaurant that the likes of Thomas Jefferson and Pablo Picasso had at one time visited. Sometimes you just pay a bit too much for ambiance.
Until Tomorrow,
Ann and Dennis
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