Eiffel Tower

...it still gets you where you want to go, for cheap. One of my favorite experiences in Paris is a ride on bus No. 69. Running from the Eiffel Tower to Pere Lachaise Cemetery (the sleeping quarters of Jim Morrison), this bus takes you...

In this article: Europe, Paris, Lisbon, Madrid, Les Invalides, Rice-A-Roni, Boule, and Dog

...teams rushed to the airport to try and find tickets on a flight to Paris, France. Upon arrival in Paris all the teams set off for the Eiffel Tower where they encountered a roadblock requiring someone to climb up the tower to search for the...

In this article: Paris, Zambezi River, and Botswana

...people to dial 999 on an emergency phone with only three buttons, marked 1, 2 and 3. Paris, je t'aime With hardly a glimpse of the Eiffel Tower, a promotional video from the Paris tourist board is attracting attention on the web -...

In this article: Carbon, Paris, and Cumbria

...animals. In Far teams had to travel to Botswana to photograph one easy to find elephant. In this roadblock one team member had to climb up the Eiffel Tower and search for the pit stop using a telescope. In this leg's fast forward the team that...

In this article: Johannesburg, Johannesburg International Airport, Paris, New York City, Ostrich, South Africa, Livingstone, Zambia, and Charles de Gaulle International Airport

...the world now has a monumental erection, and I still can't confidently place any of them, except the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower. We also tried the ''strange'' option with Federation Square, but buildings that look like...

In this article: Melbourne, Crocodile, McDonald's, and Eureka Tower

...sift this split-second blizzard of data. Called the ATLAS particle detector, it weighs 7,000 tonnes and contains as much steel as the Eiffel tower. Most of the assembly of a critical part of the detector, called "end caps," was completed...

In this article: CERN, Big Bang, Geneva, Boson, Speed of light, Electron, and University of Toronto

...shop. </p><p>Klapisch’s camera seems to be everywhere — the Metro, on a runway fashion show, in the streets and parks, atop the Eiffel Tower and in cozy cafes. Pierre’s balcony even overlooks one of those spectacular old...

In this article: Paris, Romain Duris, Melanie Laurent, Heart failure, Francois Cluzet, Juliette Binoche, Albert Dupontel, and Fabrice Luchini

THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING PARIS - Ascending and descending the Eiffel Tower the other day, it seemed a fitting moment to reflect on what a nation's soaring prestigious attractions say about the country and the people...

In this article: Paris, France, Gustave Eiffel, Statue of Liberty, Europe, London, Nationalism, and Isambard Kingdom Brunel

...CafA©-Concert. '' (Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts) Paris, the 1890s. Electricity had just lighted up the Paris World's Fair. The Eiffel Tower was brand new. And in the artists' neighborhood of Montmartre, dancers kicked up their...

In this article: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Yvette Guilbert, Jane Avril, Pablo Picasso, Paris, Aristide Bruant, Ruffles, and Absinthe

...for the trip to the top of this most iconic of landmarks, the Irish fans sang "It used to be French, now it's Irish, the Eiffel Tower, the Eiffel Tower." "The biggest of nights" read the headline in French sports newspaper ''L'Equipe,...

In this article: Ireland, South Africa, Damian Duff, Croke Park, Stade de France, Paris, Coke, God, and FIFA