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Published: October 24th 2018
Wednesday, Oct 24
Darn - slept until 9:30 again! Karaoke again last night. At least I finished my book. A little faster getting ready this morning and out by 10:30 to check out our local street food market. Surprise I forgot the Wed market is only partly food and the rest is clothing, leather goods, dry goods, etc. Took longer than expected to see everything. Next off to the Eiffel Tower. We got off the Metro early and walked through some gorgeous streets and came at the tower from the east - no stairs this time though. Good pics as we neared it but what a shock when we were there. Major security. The whole square under the tower, which used to be wide open, is now surrounded in high clear protective shielding. You pay to get near and go through security like the airport. Didn't feel natural at all. What a shame this has to be done. It certainly didn't deter people from making massive long line-ups at the gates. We just walked around quite stunned. I will not bother going close again. From here we walked to a food specialty street called Rue Cler (using the phone map
system not Ross' paper map. Had lunch at Leclair which was good (salmon quiche and croque monsieur. Sketched here. Next we walked to Champs - Elysees where I bought more tea (the samples they gave me before were really good). Metroed to Anvers station and back to the fabric store - there was a piece I just had to have. Headed home for gelato (excellent shop right at the corner) and dinner was salad and fish.
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Lora Gardiner
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Agreed!
Your comment about the security around the Eiffel Tower was correct.The first time we went the area there was no obvious security, no long line ups, just a quick elevator ride as high as you can go. Glorious view and great pictures. The next time there was construction everywhere, armed soldiers in groups and long lines. So glad we had such a great experience the first time.