Paris, France – Eiffel Details

When we went to the Eiffel Tower, I saw a cool sight. I looked up from the ground, through the middle, and the two levels. And you can kinda see the sky and glass walls they added. I also like the diamond and triangle architecture and the loops and special panels that look pretty cool. I was inspired by all the different shapes, and towers, and glass walls, and how you could look through one thing to look through the next. Pretty cool, and old too.
When it was built, I think people were afraid it would sway in the wind and fall down. But it was actually pretty nice and stable. But we didn’t go to the third level because my Mom had vertigo. But I wish I could go to the third level!

This was my third time visiting the Eiffel Tower, and even though it’s nearly 130 years old, there’s always something new to see. Sure, the new glass floors on the first landing were new, and a little weird to walk on at first, but after a few minutes standing near or on it, it’s not so shocking (but the view looking down is fascinating).

But something else we noticed this time on the Eiffel Tower is much older. As we started climbing the stairs towards the first landing, The Kid noticed that the steps were numbered. The first 50 steps are numbered individually, then only every 10th is marked. Looking for the stenciled numbers on the steps made the trip up more fun. However, we found that when we reached the second landing, the last step on one of the staircases topped out at 668, and on another staircase, the top stair was labeled 669. We couldn’t find an explanation, but I’m happy to learn if anyone knows.