This morning we had our croissant and coffee and decided that it was Eiffel Tower Day. The weather was gorgeous and the sky was clear. We walked the 5 minute walk to the base of the tower and paid our 11 euro to get our tickets to the top. 11 euro is about $16.50, which seems a little pricey, but what can you do? Again, being there in February was good timing as the line-up was maybe 10 minutes long. It would have even been less than that, but we went to the wrong line-up at first. You can take the elevator to the second level, or you can walk it. Our legs were still sore from all the other monuments we had climbed, so stairs were OUT! We wandered around the second level, took some photos and then Nicole and I went up to the top. There was only one other couple in the elevator with us...sometimes in the summer there is a 2 hour wait, so we were very pleased, to say the least! It was a little nerve-wracking to watch the ground fall away as the elevator creaks and moans and shudders it's way to the top. It's a lot further up that a person realizes. Or, further than I realized at any rate! The top level can hold approx. 800 people, I think there were maybe 50 of us there. I had a moment of uncertainty when 3 or 4 Middle Eastern fellows held up cell-phones and started doing a sort of chant in Arabic. Yeah, yeah, I know, don't generalize...but still, things do happen. However, in this case, nothing happened and I felt a little guilty. The views were astounding and it was a very well spent $16.50! 
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