It was quite a walk from the Eiffel Tower, but I just had to go and see the mini Statue of Liberty in the middle of the Seine. What a beautiful statue. Someday Sara is going to take me to see the real one in New York. This statue is looking directly at her big sister out in New York Harbor. The Parisian statue is 11.5 meters high, while the New York statue is 46 meters high. So that means that there is exactly a 4 to 1 ratio. Just in case you didn't know, both statues (one being an exact replica of the other) were designed by Frederic August Bartholdi, while the internal supporting structure of the New York statue was designed and built by none other than Gustave Eiffel. Pretty cool, huh? I propose we build a mini Eiffel Tower in the Hudson river facing toward the Champ de Mars. This could be a very cheap venture if we allow the replica to be key chain sized.
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If you take the metro from my apartment to Versailles, you cross over the Seine between the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty. It's pretty cool to see them both at the same time.
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