i have never put a picture of la tour Eiffel on my blog. people who do not live in paris seem to have the impression that all parisians spend all their time sipping coffee in the shadow of this mighty monument. really we only every visit it when friends visit us from afar. if i am willing to dabble in such clichés visuels, it is because these pictures were taken the day that our parisien boys saw their citiy's global symbol for the first time. as you can see, they were duly impressed.