Free the Tower!

This morning we walked over to the Eiffel Tower. You’ll recall last year’s post that the Champs de Mars and the Tower were ringed in ugly chain-link fencing, making it very difficult for pedestrians to get around the tower to access the bridge over the Seine. This year the Champs de Mars was surrounded with chain-link fencing, presumably to preserve the grass. From a distance it looked as if the Tower was free of fencing. When we got closer we learned that, alas, this was not the case. This year a glass fence topped with a trip wire surrounded the tower. Surveillance cameras were everywhere. I guess enough people were perturbed by the chain-link fence that the City had to do something more aesthetically pleasing. Give the Tower back to the people!