{"id":81,"date":"2025-05-25T19:09:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T19:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kayspage.com\/?p=81"},"modified":"2025-05-25T23:14:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T23:14:46","slug":"visual-assignment-1-the-day-the-eiffel-tower-froze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kayspage.com\/?p=81","title":{"rendered":"Visual Assignment #1: The Day the Eiffel Tower Froze"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><a href=\"https:\/\/assignments.ds106.us\/assignments\/city-graphic-poster\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"319\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/kayspage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-25-145109.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-85\" style=\"border-width:3px;width:290px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kayspage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-25-145109.png 319w, https:\/\/kayspage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-25-145109-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">City Graphic Poster Visual Assignment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Paris is always a dream, until it turns into a nightmare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was finally visiting my friend Camille, the French girl I had hosted three summers ago. We were staying at her sister&#8217;s apartment in Paris for the two-day trip we had planned to the famous city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:57% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/Champ+de+Mars+5+Av+Anatole+France+75007+Paris+France\/@48.855833,2.297947,15z?hl=en&amp;entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDUyMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"328\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/kayspage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-25-140933.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-82 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kayspage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-25-140933.png 328w, https:\/\/kayspage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-25-140933-300x280.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>We spent the morning wandering through Le Marais, the afternoon sipping caf\u00e9 au lait on the Seine, and by late afternoon, we ended up sprawled out on the Champ de Mars, right beneath her \u2014 La Tour Eiffel.<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The sky was painted by fluffly white clouds. People lounged lazily on the grass. Champagne bottles popped as people day-drank sprawled out lazily on blankets. The atmosphere was calming, consisting of quiet chatters and the breeze blowing through the city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Relaxing Nature Ambience Meditation\ud83c\udf3cGOOD MORNING SPRING NATURE THERAPY\ud83c\udf37Flowery MEADOW Healing Sounds\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UZ9uyQI3pF0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can almost feel the calm, right? Well\u2026 hold that thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Let\u2019s go up. I have never seen the city from that high before,&#8221; Camille suggested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite being afraid of heights, I couldn\u2019t say no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We walked to the south pillar, bought our tickets, and stepped into the elevator. It buzzed and whirred as it ascended with its usual hypnotic glide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eiffel tower elevator ride\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FLyXyqiCN-Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(Not ours\u2014but exactly what it felt like before disaster struck.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Halfway between the second level and the summit\u2026 it stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No ding. No announcement. Just dead silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A baby started crying behind us. I can not lie, I wanted to maybe start crying too. The air grew thick with nerves. I looked at Camille, who was calm but alert. A French voice crackled over the intercom:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNous avons une panne temporaire. Restez calme.\u201d<br>(We are experiencing a temporary outage. Please stay calm.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were stuck. Inside the Eiffel Tower. Suspended midair. It could be hours before we get back on the ground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To break the silence, someone pulled out their phone and played a soft jazz song. It replicated elevator music, and in some sense, that was humurous enough to distract me from looking down while being hundreds of feet away from safety. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paris Jazz - Smooth Saxophone Jazz by Relax Music\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1011408004&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After nearly 45 minutes, engineers manually reset the system and we slowly began to descend. Camille and I agreed to not even <em>attempt<\/em> to go back up. Instead, we returned to our spot on the grass, and bought a much needed bottle of wine. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paris is always a dream, until it turns into a nightmare. I was finally visiting my friend Camille, the French girl I had hosted three summers ago. We were staying at her sister&#8217;s apartment in Paris for the two-day trip we had planned to the famous city. The sky was painted by fluffly white clouds. 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