ONLINE VACATION

EIFFEL TOWER, PARIS, FRANCE

8/27/13

HI EVERYONE. YESTERDAY, WE WERE AT PORTLAND HEAD LIGHTHOUSE
IN MAINE. TODAY, WE ARE FLYING AWAY FROM THE U.S.
TO GO TO PARIS, FRANCE.

PARIS IS THE CAPITAL AND MOST POPULOUS CITY OF FRANCE.
IT IS SITUATED ON THE RIVER SEINE. WITHIN THE
ADMINISTRATIVE LIMITS (THE 20 DISTRICTS), THE CITY
HAD 2,234,105 INHABITANTS IN 2009.

THE EIFFEL TOWER IS IN THE 7TH DISTRICT. THE
EIFFEL TOWER IS AN IRON LATTICE TOWER LOCATED ON
THE CHAMP DE MARS IN PARIS, NAMED AFTER THE ENGINEER
GUSTAVE EIFFEL, WHOSE COMPANY DESIGNED AND BUILT THE TOWER.
IT WAS ERECTED IN 1889 AS THE ENTRANCE TO
THE 1889 WORLD'S FAIR. IT HAS BECOME BOTH A
GLOBAL CULTURAL ICON OF FRANCE, AND ONE OF THE MOST
RECOGNIZABLE STRUCTURES IN THE WORLD. THE TOWER
STANDS 1,063 FEET TALL AND ABOUT THE SAME HEIGHT AS
AN 81-STORY BUILDING.

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED OUR TRIP TO THE
EIFFEL TOWER IN PARIS, FRANCE.

~MARSHA~

Information from various sites

This is a MelloMarsha creation

I do not take credit for the pictures

Thanks to the respective photographers

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