Alex and The Eiffel Tower 23/10/2017
For most of his short life, Alex has wanted to visit the Eiffel Tower. Like so many of his ambitions, Go Jetters is responsible. Alex is not alone in his admiration. So impressed was the 1887 Mayor of Blackpool, that after a brief visit, he built a pocket sized replica, but only after refusing Gustave Eiffel's offer to dismantle and ship the original for a song. He could have driven a hard bargain as Eiffel had cash flow problems and expected to have to demolish the tower after 12 months anyway so was in need of a willing buyer to defray his costs. When we finally got there, Alex was visibly fizzing with excitement. La Tour quite literally towers over the 7th arrondissement and it is a pretty narrow street that obscures it completely. Even then it peeks out periodically between the buildings and at night the summit casts a rotating shaft of light across the sky like the Eye of Sauron, given the Baz Luhrmann treatment. As the rain was falling, the queue was merciful...