Dan met Esther by chance at the top of the Eiffel Tower in September 1998. The two spent the rest of the day wandering around Paris together, sparking an enduring cross-continental love story.
American graduate student Dan Giedeman spent much of his first trip to Paris inside a conference room.
Waiting in line for the elevator to the top of the Eiffel Tower, Dan noticed a woman who met his eyes. The two smiled at one another."I was by myself, and I thought a Monday morning would be not as crowded to go on the Eiffel Tower," Esther tells CNN Travel today. "So I went sightseeing by myself and stood in line, and noticed him."The two temporarily lost sight of one another when an American family engaged Esther in conversation.
With that in mind, Dan politely approached Esther, asking, in broken French, if she would take a photo of him with the view."I couldn't understand his French," says Esther today."So I said, 'Can you repeat yourself again?'""Dan seemed a little bit awkward when he spoke to me, which put me at ease," recalls Esther."And I liked his eyes.""We walked around the entire top of the tower looking at the views together," says Dan.
Esther explained she was in town visiting her aunt and uncle, who lived just outside of Paris. Dan told Esther about his studies back home in St Louis, as well as his four siblings. Esther talked about growing up as an only child, and her period working as an au pair in London. The two also asked a passerby to take a photo of the two of them together. Dan beaming in his blue shirt and tie, Esther smiling in a cream pullover.
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