Monday, 4 March 2013

23. Go up the eiffel tower at and age where I can remember it


On a very cold winter’s day in gay Paree, me and my good friend Graeme scaled the height of the Tour D’Eiffel.  Having been up when I was 8 and again when I was 18, I really had no memory of it.  The main memory I had was when I was 8 the top being closed so going up to the first two levels and lucking out that they opened the top for all of about 10 minutes and we managed to squeeze our way in.  This time, I equally lucked out because as we stepped up to purchase our tickets, they removed the top level ticket option because it had to be closed due to the wind.  However, a smile and a pleading of ‘does that mean the top is closed?!?!!’ got us a reply of, ‘ok, you guys can be the last ones’.

Glass of champagne on the top deck whilst shivering in the cold was a must.  The view was only ok, unfortunately it was quite overcast so we didn’t have the best views, but good company, good champagne and a feeling of success having ticked another item off my list.  Will I remember it this time….most definitely!

Still 14 to go …..if anyone can help me get onto a West End stage, or up close with a major celebrity I might just love you a lot!

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