Has anyone gone to the 4th floor of the Eiffel Tower?
Jul 19th, 2005, 09:35 AM
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Has anyone gone to the 4th floor of the Eiffel Tower?
And did you pay to take the elevator to the 1st floor?
<b>http://67.72.88.51/eiffel.jpg</b>
(This is the Paris-Las Vegas version. I guess everthing is bigger in Sin City.)
<b>http://67.72.88.51/eiffel.jpg</b>
(This is the Paris-Las Vegas version. I guess everthing is bigger in Sin City.)
Jul 19th, 2005, 12:57 PM
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Robespierre, haven't you? Here I thought you knew everything and did everything in Paris!
We walked to the second level, having purchased a ticket to do so. I didn't see anyone checking tickets to proceed to the second level, though. Also, I was wishing I'd stopped walking at the first level-- whew!
I was confused about buying the elevator ticket-- which ticket window and which line to stand in, and could we walk up one level and then get on the elevator to the top. Our ticket seller was very surly and unpleasant, and we simply couldn't understand her, so we gave up and just bought the tickets to walk up.
We walked to the second level, having purchased a ticket to do so. I didn't see anyone checking tickets to proceed to the second level, though. Also, I was wishing I'd stopped walking at the first level-- whew!
I was confused about buying the elevator ticket-- which ticket window and which line to stand in, and could we walk up one level and then get on the elevator to the top. Our ticket seller was very surly and unpleasant, and we simply couldn't understand her, so we gave up and just bought the tickets to walk up.
Jul 19th, 2005, 05:54 PM
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Check it out:
<b>http://tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/fr/documentation/structure/page/g_chiffres_1.html</b>
There is not, and has never been, an elevator to anything called the 4th floor. The sign in Las Vegas is Las Bogus.
<b>http://tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/fr/documentation/structure/page/g_chiffres_1.html</b>
There is not, and has never been, an elevator to anything called the 4th floor. The sign in Las Vegas is Las Bogus.
Jul 20th, 2005, 10:03 AM
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Yes, well, that's why I mentioned taking the elevator to the first floor in my OP. If you count "American" floors, the top of the ET would be the 4th floor - but you probably wouldn't be able to buy a ticket for the 1st.
If you count "European" floors, the top level accessible by elevator is the 3rd.
So the person who made the sign was thoroughly confused...as was the elevator operator, who said the tower in France was made of "cast iron." Well, no. Wrought iron, yes. Cast iron would have shattered before they got the first floor erected, as it is brittle and has very low tensile strength.
By the way, I've always wondered why different cultures call different floors the "first." It's like that dd.mm.yy vs mm.dd.yy thing. Why did the people on this side of the Atlantic all decide to stop doing it the way they did before they crossed? And how did they get everyone to agree?
'Tis a puzzlement.
If you count "European" floors, the top level accessible by elevator is the 3rd.
So the person who made the sign was thoroughly confused...as was the elevator operator, who said the tower in France was made of "cast iron." Well, no. Wrought iron, yes. Cast iron would have shattered before they got the first floor erected, as it is brittle and has very low tensile strength.
By the way, I've always wondered why different cultures call different floors the "first." It's like that dd.mm.yy vs mm.dd.yy thing. Why did the people on this side of the Atlantic all decide to stop doing it the way they did before they crossed? And how did they get everyone to agree?
'Tis a puzzlement.
