mistyoptic
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- A parallel reality
Last time up the Eiffel Tower was 2010 after this…
Eiffel Tower......anyone been up in recent times?
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Brandane
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Dogtrousers
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I've walked half way and got the lift to the top a couple of times, but it's years since I was in Paris, other than changing trains. No memory of the cost. I remember thinking that it was better to look at it from afar (lit up) than to go up it and look out.
Hey, that's Paree. If they were only "pretty" rude, rather than "extremely" they were slacking.
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Hey, that's Paree. If they were only "pretty" rude, rather than "extremely" they were slacking.
It's funny, we'd heard all about rude Parisian waiters but we never encountered any. They were all great. We were warned about New Yorkers too but found them to be helpful, kind and witty.
Mind you, the rudest Maitre'D we ever encountered was French but that was in Santander. He was the only one on duty in a hotel restaurant full of rich prats on a rally in their Bentleys and Ferraris. It really was like Fawlty Towers as he buzzed around throwing food on the tables but he peaked when a group arrived without a booking. Despite there being plenty of tables free he raised a hand in their faces and said, "Non! I am full!". When they politely tried to suggest that they just wanted to join their friends he turned on his heel and stomped off saying "Non, I am full and I alone decide when I am full"
Honestly, my wife and I just stayed for the show
Dogtrousers
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Actually, rude Parisian stereotypes aside I found that a lot of people in service industry in Paris speak good English and don't have time to waste listening to me butchering their language. Whereas in rural France English speaking is less common and time less pressing so they will work with you to communicate.
I lived in New York for a couple of years in the 80s. Great memories.
About the same year for us.....we may have been a couple of years later.
Nearby is the Montparnasse Tower which was/is the tallest "building" in Paris. That was free to go to the top and that was by a super high speed lift, a great experience.
Dogtrousers
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As stated in Wikipedia. It is said that the tower's observation deck enjoys the most beautiful view in all of Paris because it is the only place from which the tower cannot be seen.
Alex321
Veteran
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- South Wales
1972 the menagerie was closed, when Blackpool Zoo opened. But the Aquarium part stayed until 2010.
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- Inside my skull
I hope it had curtains, to stop people getting an eyeful.
That was an Eiffel joke
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
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- North Wales
I have been up the Eiffel tower a few times but never again. Far too high for me.
Accy cyclist
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- The hills of Accrington
Mmm, I'm sure I can remember seeing chimps in a cage in there, either in 1974 or '75.🤔
craigwend
Grimpeur des terrains plats
Mirror?
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- Inside my skull
Maybe Blackpool tower as that’s quite short
Accy cyclist
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- The hills of Accrington
I clearly remember one of them playing with him/itself. I thought at the time, as a 13 or so year old "Oh, so that's how you do it is it!!🤔 Some valuable lessons are to be learnt watching primates in action!!🧐
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