Centre Georges Pompidou à Nuit

Samedi 19eme Juillet: Nous avons aimé cette vue que le Musée National d'Art Moderne, dans le quartier Beaubourg. Il y a prés de notre restaurant, que nous avons mangé et bu ce soir. Il ne fait pas chaud, ni frais, le temps fait parfait ce nuit. Nous avons marché au le Métro station Rambuteau. J'ai pris cette photo, et j'ai voulu le publier sur ce journal, parce que nous avons commencé nos vacances le premier jour à Paris ici. Donc ici est il!

Le Verre Luisant

Saturday 19th July: Recommend this café and bar in Paris, which is on the little Rue de la Verrerie. Two large wheat beers can be seen on the table, which were quite good! The waiter spoke some English, which was handy as our French comprehension was rapidly declining, we seem to get what we wanted in the end, good service here with some French humour, a good ending to a fantastic day!

Piliar Nord

Saturday 19th July: The Piliar Nord is where we queued to ascend via the lift. The queue doesn't seem to shrink right up until midnight, as we saw this later today, and during our first trip earlier in the month. Its truly a huge structure of steelwork, not unlike the Sydney Harbour Bridge steelwork!

Eiffel Post Office

Saturday 19th July: This photo is taken from right next to the post office, where you can get your postmark. The beginning of the twilight in Paris can be seen from the low angle of sun ray reflections in this photo. The signal of the end of a fantastic day! Its about 7pm and we are about to leave the Eiffel Tower, after about 3 hours whole tower exploration. Everyone really enjoyed the experience. Time for ice creams, refreshments and find somewhere to eat!

Île des Cygnes

Saturday 19th July: This is a view from level one of the tower, looking south through the museum window. Almost perfect scene of the Seine and the Île des Cygnes, framed by the french style window. The statue of liberty is at the end of this island, which can only just be seen from the tower. There is also much to see on level 1, including cafés, museums, shops and a post office.

710 Eiffel Steps

Saturday 19th July: We opted to take the stairs from Level Two to Level One, then again down to the ground. Altogether 710 steps! Better to go down than up this way, we say! You do feel quite safe as they are well enclosed within the tower. You can also see the detail of the structure and the destination platforms from above. Its also quicker than queueing up for the lift!

The Crow's Nest of Paris

Saturday 19th July: This is the view of Paris towards Monmarte over the Seine. You can almost see the curvature of the Earth as you are over 1000 feet above the ground. A head for heights is essential to be lifted to this point in one of the four glass walled lifts from level two to the top. As the lift ascends and later descends, everyone crammed into the lift is silent, and you can only hear the 'click click' of the lift machinery, while watching the slightly unnerving moving view through the tower steelwork. The view is inexplicable!

Parc du Champ de Mars

Saturday 19th July: This is the view from Level Two of the Eiffel Tower, across the Parc du Champ de Mars to the École Militaire, with the Montparnasse Tower in the distance. You can go direct to here from the ground in the upper level of the lift. The lift is very quiet, although you are a bit squashed in and it could be a little claustrophobic. The many people below look like ants. We queued again to catch a lift to the very top of the tower.

Palais de Chaillot

Saturday 19th July: This is the view of the Trocadéro and the Palais de Chaillot from level one of the Eiffel Tower. This is certainly one of the highest points in Paris, even on level one, and also avoids an additional queue on level 2 going to the top. These views are priceless!

Trocadéro

Saturday 19th July: This is the view from the Trocadéro. The queues at the bottom of the tower seem always way too long, but they do actually move fairly quickly, especially with an ice cream or tea, and plenty of conversation. You can also take heaps of photos of the tower directly above.