Eiffel Tower
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008Dear Katie and Tigey,
Today was a very pretty day. We all got up early and took the metro. The metro is a collection of trains of that run underground and carry people all around the city. When we left the Metro, we were on a whole other side of the city, and it only took five minutes.
At the exit of the Metro, there is a replica of the torch that America’s Statue of Liberty holds. Did you know that the Statue of Liberty was a gift to the US from France? The statue is also right above a tunnel where a beloved Princess from England died. English people have left flowers and messages on the torch showing how much they miss her.
The Eiffel Tower is the most famous building in France. You can see it from very far away, but it is so much bigger up close!
There are three levels. We took giant elevators to get up to the tippy top. It is very tall, and Rachel and Josh got nervous being so high. From there you can see the whole city, and it is HUGE. There are buildings in every direction, as far as the eye can see. Many people come to the Eiffel Tower: we heard people speaking Chinese, German, Dutch, Spanish, Russian… all sorts of languages from all over the world.
We rode the giant elevators down for the top two platforms, but then took LOTS of stairs down to the very bottom. It was a great day!
