Once called an eye sore but now the most visited paid tourist attraction in the world, La Tour Eiffel is a sight to see. Our hotel had a view of it, but from our room we could only see the reflection of the lights. Luckily, right around the corner was a lounge with open-air balcony and a great view. Photos from here and walking around Paris are in the slideshow.
“And during twenty years we shall see, stretching over the entire city, still thrilling with the genius of so many centuries, we shall see stretching out like a black blot the odious shadow of the odious column built up of riveted iron plates.”
Signers of the letter this quote is taken from included Messonier, Gounod, Garnier, Gerome, Bougeureau, and Dumas.
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How many times do you have the chance to use "odious" once in a sentence, much less twice. If you can pull off thrice, I think you get an odious black belt or something.
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