Arriving in Paris I felt a wave of energy upon seeing the sign marking the city limits. I zoomed to the Avenue le Grand Armee, rode through the 9-lane turnout at the Arc de Triumph and continued down the Champs as it was turning to dusk to celebrate after nine days of cycling from the French/Andorran Border. I had the elated feeling that you get when you enter the most beautiful city on the planet. Paris. Does anything more than that one word need to be said? But it has to be said that the Gateway Arch in St. Louis is still the grandest of all monuments, and eclipses La Tour Eiffel by leaps and bounds. But location is everything in the hierarchy of monuments, so it will remain in undeserved obscurity. (8/07/04)

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Paris, Eiffel Tower