This is the one place that everyone and their mother wants to see at least once in their life. And it was one of the few things in Paris that was exactly as pretty as I expected it to be. This was one of the first things that I saw when I went backpacking in Europe for the summer when I was 17. Once it was dark we even got to see a light show on the tower...which may happen every night but I have no idea. There were not as many tourist around as I was expecting, but it was still more crowded than you would want it to be. We spent some time laying on the law next to the tower eating some glorious French food and people watching all those beautiful Parisians who put us fat Americans to shame. It was a sweaty walk up the tower, but the 360 view of the city was completely worth it. Of course this is a place that I would recommend visiting, but making t-shirts, furniture and pencil cases dedicated to this metal structure does seem to be a bit extreme. The best part of this trek was actually being able to sit down and relax in the grass for a bit after walking for miles around the city everyday.
