Eiffel

The moment I landed in France (Paris airport), I had "seen" the Tower of Eiffel. It felt neither impressive nor majestic at that moment. In the morning through the evening of 31st May-when we visited Paris as tourists-we occasionally spotted the tower from a distance: sometimes between skyscrapers, sometimes between historic buildings, from Montmartre, between trees or plainly rising above the river bank. Eiffel tower is not a thing to hide (obviously), what I mean is: it does not flash before your eyes just like that making you extremely excited & so on. You look at it throughout the day occasionally, and you approach it gradually (so far you are on foot!).

I got the first clear view-entirely, from top to bottom-of Eiffel in the evening when we reached Trocadero; & literally touched "the metal" about half an hour later!