Earth Tourism, Tuesday 5th period

[unusual_sith]

"Welcome back, everybody," Lana said, nodding to them. "Today we're going to another continent on Earth. There is a country called France, and its main city is Paris. There's too much to ever see an entire city in our limited time, of course, so we'll be visiting one of its notable tourist sites, the Eiffel Tower. It was built about one hundred thirty-five years ago by a man named Gustave Eiffel, hence the name. It's apparently a very good way to see the city, so long as you're not afraid of heights. If you are, feel free to stay on the first two floors; there are food and shops on each floor."

She'd be going to the top, of course.

"The primary language there is French. My research indicates that a good percentage of the locals can speak our language, but that many of them refuse to, so I'd advise you not to wander too far."

She handed out their tickets and led them through the portal.

Comments

Re: Class activity

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

Who could say why?

"It's gorgeous," Arden agreed. "This is the kind of view that birds get all the time. You can just see everything spread out like a picnic in front of you, you know?"

Re: Class activity

[noonedecidesmyfate]

Truly a mystery for the ages.

"I hadn't thought of it like that. Either way, that it was like a bird's view or like a picnic. But those both do describe it well. Did you have views like this at home?"

Re: Class activity

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

Arden shook her head. "Nothing so high in the Triangle," she said, "and nothing so lovely either. They're cities and research parks, so there are beautiful bits? But mostly urban sprawl."