Bonjour! My assigned topic for the trip was the Eiffel tower (so obviously I was pretty excited.) I have actually already been to the Eiffel tower with my family on an incredible trip, but that was long ago, and it was so exciting to go back.
I have already seen the tower up close twice since I have been here. The first was the second night, when a few of us went into the park below the tower and walked a bit to get a good view of the flashing lights. Amazing. The second was when we WENT UP THE TOWER. Unfortunately, the day was pretty foggy, and we could not see much. It was also drizzling a little bit. However, it was still the best view of the city, and it was so fun to just be standing there looking up at it and knowing that you were on it. I played the song Paris in the Rain by Lauv while we were up there and it really set the mood haha. Anyways. Simply incredible.
A couple fun facts that I learned about the tower: It was built by Gustav Eiffel and paid for by his family, it weighs 1100 tons, and Gustav himself used to live in an apartment on top of it. Crazy. Anyways, such a beautiful structure and an incredible experience. The best part was sharing it with my beautiful friends who were seeing it for the first time. I guess you could say Eiffel in love with the tower 😉
Signing off, Ally.