Thursday, July 8, 2010

Le Tour Eiffel

Today I went up the Eiffel Tower. (mental note to self, reserve tickets online in the future)

It was a beautiful day and we saw pretty much all of Paris. Here are some pictures. Let's play a game, shall we?

In this picture, who can find the Arc de Triomphe?
Now, where is the Sacre Coeur? How about the Louvre?Here's a better shot of the Sacre Coeur.Here's an easy one. Can you spot the Statue of Liberty?
Trocadéro. Can you spot La Défense? Can you see the carousel?

La Défense up closer. This is at the end of the ave Grande Armée (which starts at the Arc de Triomphe exactly across from the Champs Elycées). Do you think it looks a little out of place from the rest of Paris?Trocadéro up close and personal. On this night there was a soccer game playing on a giant screen set up. Now can you spot the carousel?
The ultimate "Where's Waldo?" Europeans take their soccer, um football, seriously.
Les Invalides is easy to spot in this one. But can you find the Notre Dame?
The Champs de Mars with Ecole Militaire at the end. Can you spot the playground where we used to play? Yeah, me neither. It's covered with trees. I love the squared off tops of the trees.

Answers:
1. The Arc de Triomphe is in the top left side. If you had a clock in the middle, it's located at about 10:00.
2. If you follow the Seine all the way to the right side of the picture, the Louvre is across the bridge next to all the trees at the far right side of the picture.
3. The Statue of Liberty is at the end of the row of trees.
4. The carousel is at the bottom left corner of the picture. And I only got the right half of it.
5. Find the tip top of Les Invalides and go immediately to the left about an inch or so. You'll see a rectangular building with rectangular windows.

Thanks for playing along!

3 comments:

Lara said...

What a fun adventure for you and your family. I love Paris and seeing all your photos makes me want to go back and visit again.

Happy Wanderers said...

I found the Arc, and Notre Dame...but I still can't find the Louvre! I love the pic you took that had the shadow of the tower! Soo cool! :)

alexandra said...

Um, I'd probably have to know what half of those things are if I was going to attempt to find them.

How do you say "ignorant" in French?