I have done this a number of times. I'm not sure how many times I've done this, but like I said, I've been to Paris lots of times, and I spent the year in Chartres when I was in 5th grade, about an hour outside of Paris. My mom and sister and I took a lot of trips to Paris while we were there. I also remember doing this on my high school French trip/French student exchange. I have a picture from the top of the Eiffel tower, and I climbed it with my school chums; and we took pictures. Christa Bergman Brown