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| STRANGE TRAVEL PROBLEMS - CRAZY SIGNS AND MARKINGS - BAD TRANSLATIONS! |
Posted Tue March 16, 2010
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| STRANGE BEAUTY PAGEANTS FOR LITTLE GIRLS - BIG HAIR - BIG OUTFITS - BIG SMILES |
Posted Sat March 13, 2010
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| SWEDISH NAVY'S STRANGE UNDERGROUND PORT FACILITIES - STRANGE RUSSIAN SUBMARINE BASE |
Posted Wed March 10, 2010
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| EIFFEL TOWER CONSTRUCTION 1889 - PLANS & PHOTOS |
Posted Tue March 9, 2010
The Eiffel Tower, an icon of Paris, is a wonder of design and structure, and an impressive sight worth getting close to. Lie in the grass at the Champs de mars and gaze up. Ascend the tower for spectacular views of Paris. Return at night with a bottle of Merlot to watch the spectacular light display. The Eiffel Tower tops out at over 1,000 feet, containing 2 restaurants, a souvenir shop, a post office (for that one of a kind postmark), snack bar, and a viewing area.
The world famous Paris tower is a mass of iron designed by Gustave Eiffel for the Universal Exposition of 1889 and was the tallest structure in the world until 1930, when New York’s Chrysler building surpassed it. The Paris tower faced criticism, especially from the artistic community of Paris, calling the structure a “truly tragic street lamp.” Allegedly, Guy de Maupassant ate lunch on the lower level of the Paris tower everyday because it was the only view of the city in which he couldn’t see it. The critics were slowly silenced as 2 million visitors ascended the tower in 1889. Today, the Eiffel Tower is an icon of Paris, and is embraced by the city.
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