After enjoying Opulence in the morning with mother, sister and I decided on a journey of exhilaration for the afternoon.

The industriously set of on foot for the Eiffel Tower, 6.3 kms away.

This was just as we got the Seine, and yes, that is Starbucks in my hand

We crossed over the Seine

And found a small house boat of my namesake

We just had to take a picture in from of the Bridge of  Love Locks

When leaving the bridge, a most well positioned (what we call) rickshaw happened upon us

We were more than happy to pay the €30, considering we had another 4.7 kms to walk (never mind the stairs up the Eiffel Tower) Our rickshaw driver even gave us a tour, he was from  Ukraine or Romania, most pleasant chap.

And we made it. We queued for about 40 minutes in the line for the stairs to the first level. The queues for the elevator was astonishingly long.

A few quick shots from the first level

Then onward and upward  to second level  (click to take a 360 tour) via the stairs again

We queued for about 50 minutes, the icy wind blowing fiercely.

More second level

Looking up to where the queue would take us. All those triangle things are lights that light up every evening at 10:00 pm when the Eiffel Tower closes.

There is quite a story behind these lights, find out here

The Seine River stretching far in the distance

The queue is rather tiresome, so they have these neat telescopes to amuse weary travelers

Almost at the front of the queue…

And finally, the top floor

It is entirely faced in, so many a tourist stuck their lenses through, snapping away at the Notre Dame Cathedral (above)

And at the  above Arc de Triomphe (undergoing maintenance)

And above is the very very top of the exhilarating Eiffel Tower, which only staff can access

Les Invalides, Musée de l’Armée

When we alighted the Eiffel Tower, we were rather spent. Thank you Lord there was a rickshaw literally right in front of us that look us as far as the Louvre Museum, leaving us about another 3 kms to walk back