![]() Also, a journalist has apparently cycled down the Eiffel Tower (how that worked out, I have no idea). The autopsy report states that he died of a heart attack (of fright) before he even touched the ground. He (obviously) leaped to his death in front of a large crowd. Just a fun little tidbit (because I love crazy people)–in 1912 an Austrian tailor, Franz Reichelt, attempted to fly from the to top of the Eiffel Tower with only a modified cape for wings. The engineer Gustae Eiffel designed it, and the people of the 19th century found it aesthetically displeasing. The Eiffel Tower itself was only supposed to be temporary, and originally built to impress visitors to the 1889 Universal Exhibition. Inside and to the right is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, where an unknown French soldier from World War I is buried.Īfterwards, we slowly made our way over to the Eiffel Tower. Napoleon had promised his soldiers, “You shall go home beneath triumphal arches.” However, the Arc itself wasn’t completed until 1836. The Arc de Triomphe was Napoleon’s idea after his great greatest victory, the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805. ![]() After many days of eating delicious pastries, lunches, dinners, and coffees, Christine and I decided that a proper Paris tourist day was in order (don’t worry, the pastries were still involved).Īfter a delicious breakfast at our favorite bakery, our day began with the Avenue des Champs-Elysees and the Arc de Triomphe.
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