The Tower is huge, and photo can not do it justice in terms of scale. Of course we took a series of photos of the tower. Of course we ran the usual assortment of scammers, thieves, beggars and African gentlemen selling miniature Towers we also had a first in that we were asked to sign petitions.
The shopping and residential area around the Effie Tower is quite elegant.
Of course we stopped for lunch as we do. Very nice but expensive- 2 club sandwiches and fries with 2 Fantas for 43 Euros (or $70 Australian). Our exchange rate is good for our exporters of primary resources but not so good for the average Aussie tourist. (Hmm. However we did expected it given the high tourist value of the site. )
After an explore of the area we opted for Uber back to apartment. It was a interesting ride, as we passed through a major roundabout were it was survival of fittest. Our driver said the chaos we witnessed was normal. We were sitting in a shamozzle of traffic all basically pointing in the same direction. Suddenly cars appeared from our right literally weaving in and out of the cars. This happened a couple of times and suddenly we were back in ‘normal’ traffic again. We were in no obvious lanes although cars were roughly five deep of course bikes weaving in and out and one braved sole on a lime scooter
20 minutes later we were back at the apartment for a relax before our next adventure. Our driver had calmly taken the chaos in his stride.
Later, we headed out for a light meal. We passed down a cafe lined street that we had explored last night. With so much choice we settled on a busy cafe.
We ate hams, cheeses and beef involtini with red wine from Rhone Valley.
After dinner we strolled for awhile through the district and finally returned to a pastry shop that we had seen earlier for dessert. Sadly Cos left his phone in the pastry shop and to run back to a closed shop. Some rapid knocking on the glass door brought the workers out with the phone. Lucky! Very lucky.
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