Art is not always limited to the confines of an indoor museum as Katie and I saw throughout Europe. The Eiffel Tower emerges in Paris and offers a view of fifty miles. This structure was designed by Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel as a temporary exhibit for the Universal Exposition of 1889. It was to be demolished at the end of the fair but remained for its value as a radio antenna. It is hard to believe this was not appreciated at least as the engineering feat that it was if not as a piece of art.



We took the elevator to the middle level of the tower and had a fantastic view of Paris. Katie wasn't too keen on going any further so we hit the gift shop, took loads of pictures and made our way back down.

The River Seine beyond Katie was a beautiful sight from this elevation.

I imagine the curved base made it challenging for American Elisha Otis to design an elevator to bring visitors to the upper levels of the Eiffel Tower. The tower stood at 984 without its television mast and was the largest manmade structure in the world prior to the Empire State Building in 1932.

Katie and I were both quite awestruck by the Eiffel Tower. It was quite surreal to get off a bus and be a few feet away from this magnificent work of art. We took pictures from every angle. The only disappointment was a green netting around the middle of the tower where work was being done. I found changing my photographs to sepia or black and white camouflaged it well.

I wonder, which came first the Eiffel Tower or the Erector Set??
7/24 Curiosity got me... The Erector Set was invented in 1911 in New Haven CT by the AC Gilbert Co.