Eiffel Interlude

You’re probably all aware of that big steel tourist-attraction thingy in Paris that Gustave Eiffel built.  Well, it turns out that in addition to making substantial contributions in the areas of aerodynamics, meteorology, chemistry and architecture, he was a pretty handy bridge builder as well.  One of his most famous is the Maria Pia Bridge in Porto which we took a quick pic of while we were there a few days ago.

He also built one in Viana do Castelo where we stayed a couple nights ago.  It’s fairly plain looking but boasts tremendous winds from the ocean that are pretty good at blowing pedestrians into traffic!

 Hope you enjoyed this little side trip into Eiffel’s day job.  See you again soon.