Who here has been to the Eiffel Tower?

[underpants]

I have!!! In a lightning storm!!!

It opened 116 years ago today

http://www.historychannel.com/today/

EIFFEL TOWER OPENS:
March 31, 1889


On March 31, 1889, the Eiffel Tower is dedicated in Paris in a ceremony presided over by Gustave Eiffel, the tower's designer, and attended by French Prime Minister Pierre Tirard, a handful of other dignitaries, and 200 construction workers.

In 1889, to honor of the centenary of the French Revolution, the French government planned an international exposition and announced a design competition for a monument to be built on the Champ-de-Mars in central Paris. Out of more than 100 designs submitted, the Centennial Committee chose Eiffel's plan of an open-lattice wrought-iron tower that would reach almost 1,000 feet above Paris and be the world's tallest man-made structure. Eiffel, a noted bridge builder, was a master of metal construction and designed the framework of the Statue of Liberty that had recently been erected in New York Harbor.

Eiffel's tower was greeted with skepticism from critics who argued that it would be structurally unsound, and indignation from others who thought it would be an eyesore in the heart of Paris. Unperturbed, Eiffel completed his great tower under budget in just two years. Only one worker lost his life during construction, which at the time was a remarkably low casualty number for a project of that magnitude. The light, airy structure was by all accounts a technological wonder and within a few decades came to be regarded as an architectural masterpiece.

[trof]

1. me

In broad daylight.

[Midlodemocrat]

2. I have. I love Paris!

[progmom]

3. me!

:hi:

[flvegan]

4. I have! Breathtaking, absolutely breathtaking.

Paris is something to behold.

[babylonsister]

5. Moi! Tres grande! nt

[ret5hd]

6. the old rusty one in old europe...

or the cool shiny new one in good ol' las vegas?

I SAID I WAS JUST KIDDING!

[underpants]

7. The European model

The other one doesn't count

[northzax]

16. what about the one at King's Island?

does that one count, you euro-trash snob?

and I recommend the one in old-europe during the winter for ice skating. in the summer the lines are just too damn long.

[underpants]

19. We have one at King's Dominion too

and no neither one of those count either.

[progressoid]

8. Me - its really.....um.....tall.

[fudge stripe cookays]

9. Moi!

Late afternoon, early evening, followed by a Seine cruise.

Incroyable!
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[RebelOne]

10. I have many years ago.

But could not go all the way to the top because there was too much fog. Spectular view of Paris, though.

[LynzM]

11. To it, yes.

Up in it, nope. But I have some great pics of it!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

12. J'adore Paris et La Tour Eiffel!

:D

[Bullwinkle925]

13. Moi.

A friend and myself climbed up to the first platform and beheld the breathtaking view of beautiful Pareeee! Shall never forget it.
Hoping to make it back again one day.

Thanks for the memories.

[Beausoir]

14. Me! June, 1988.

Beautiful sunny warm day.

Paris looked stunning and I had the coldest beer of my life up on top.

Life is good.

[China_cat]

15. Me. On Bastille Day

[BurtWorm]

17. Moi!

:hi:

[Magrittes Pipe]

18. Yeah, but it's boring.

I much prefer the Beast.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. Hey! Wait for me!

It was a gorgeous summer day; the view was to-die-for, but we didn't! Fabulous...When we came down, I had a few minutes of vertigo, and had to sit down till it passed. The wind had been blowing the tower just enough to bother my inner ear.

:woohoo:

:woohoo:

[EstimatedProphet]

21. I went to the one in Vegas

[onager]

22. Several times...

...summer and winter. And it always knocks me out. :hi:

Once was the week before Xmas, so I also got to take in that amazing Marionette Creche at the Hotel de Ville.

Oh, and since my ethnic background is Southern white trash: let the record reflect that I have never tried to book a room at the Hotel de Ville.

(For those who don't know, the Hotel de Ville is the equivalent of City Hall.)

[XanaDUer]

23. Me.

...

[underpants]

24. Look at all these French lovin' world travelers

:bounce:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

25. Me, with my wife, in 2000.

She cried of emotion. Don't tell her I told you. ;)

[Fifth of Five]

26. I have...

but I never made it inside. My friend and I (we were just out of high school) were "befriended" by a strange man in a rain coat on a beautiful sunny day. Just as he was explaining that he was in Paris for an "operation for his sex," we ran off laughing and never made it back.

[SOteric]

27. Moi aussi!

[Justin54B20L]

28. Yep, Millennium Celebration baby!

What a great party. My buddies and I were some of the closest people to the Eiffel Tower when New Year's hit and the fireworks went off.

[amazona]

29. i have NT

.

[curse10]

30. I love the tower- I've been and I collect miniature versions

and while I'm there this summer studying abroad I plan on going again :-)

[Seabiscuit]

31. Moi - numerous times 1963-1999

[ImpeachBush]

32. The one in Vegas ... yeah ...

The one in France ... nope.

[LifeDuringWartime]

33. i was there yesterday!

i didnt bother going up it though....one broken elevator = bad lines. i was with a school group so we only had an hour to do it. we sat by the Seine instead.

[barb162]

34. me, but didn't bother to go up in it as I was too busy going to museums

[GreenPartyVoter]

35. Moi! Hubby (BF at the time) and I walked up to the second landing and

shared a smooch while admiring the view. :)

[greatauntoftriplets]

36. Me!

What a view of Paris below.