What!?! I haven't posted in forever and I am going to bore you with *another* post about the Eiffel Tower? You think it was the national symbol of Paris or even France at that. Don't fret, this post is about a different tower,
La Tour Montparnasse. Before we go any farther, click that link! Seriously, it is pretty sweet and it will give you a good idea of where J and I live because it is just a few blocks from Montparnasse Tower. We can see it from our apartment's balcony:
For a few euros (actually it was kind of steep for an elevator ride, the Louvre was cheaper) you can take a ride to the top. It is the highest point in Paris at 210 meters. I'm not sure what 210 meters means, but it seemed really high when I was up there. Okay, I looked it up and it converts to 689 feet, still unrelatable to me. I do not have a brain that understands height or distances well. Anyways, they have an open air viewing patio at the top that you can enjoy and take in the sights. Here are some pictures from my trip:
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| The viewing area from the top of Montparnasse. |
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| The other Tower. I guess it did make it into this post after all! |
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| Montparnasse Cemetery, no Jim Morrison's tomb is not here. |
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| More Eif and a bit of perspective. |
J and I want to try to get up there at sunset on a nice day and get some nice pictures that way. They are open until 11:30p so we could grab some night pictures too. Like most things in Paris and the surroundings it would have been best if I bought my tickets ahead of time. Doing this would have saved me probably 20 minutes of waiting in line. You may have noticed that J and I took no pictures of the Palace at Versailles. That's because the line was basically just a giant cluster of people in no particular order. This seems to happen a lot here. Be prepared for line cutters or get the insiders track so you can skip some of the congestion.
Since I don't have anything else to add, let me close with this:
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| What.was.that?!? | |
